linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs/licensing: Clarify wording about "GPL" and "Proprietary"

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Message-ID: <635639b1-bb61-49dd-84b6-b2db82b7c24f@tuxedocomputers.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:11:54 +0100
From: Werner Sembach <wse@...edocomputers.com>
To: Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@...nel.org>,
 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-spdx@...r.kernel.org, workflows@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs/licensing: Clarify wording about "GPL" and
 "Proprietary"

Hi,

Am 15.11.24 um 11:38 schrieb Uwe Kleine-König:
> There are currently some doubts about out-of-tree kernel modules licensed
> under GPLv3 and if they are supposed to be able to use symbols exported
> using EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.
>
> Clarify that "Proprietary" means anything non-GPL2 even though the
> license might be an open source license. Also disambiguate "GPL
> compatible" to "GPLv2 compatible".
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@...nel.org>

Thanks for adding this clarification.

Kind regards,

Werner Sembach