Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 11:43:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 11:43:38 -0400 Received: from mail1.panix.com ([166.84.0.212]:60610 "HELO mail1.panix.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 11:43:20 -0400 From: "Roy Murphy" Reply-To: murphy@panix.com To: Arjan van de Ven , Roy Murphy , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 11:43:15 -0500 Subject: Re: MODULE_LICENSE and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL X-Mailer: DMailWeb Web to Mail Gateway 2.6k, http://netwinsite.com/top_mail.htm Message-id: <3bcef893.4872.0@panix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 'Twas brillig when Arjan van de Ven scrobe: >I think you're missing one thing: binary only modules are only allowed >because of an exception license grant Linus made for functions that are >marked EXPORT_SYMBOL(). EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() just says "not part of >this exception grant".... With all respect to Linus, I don't believe that module insertion is an exclusive right granted to authors that is within Linus' legal power as holder of the Copyright to the kernel to grant or to restrict. Does Microsoft have a legal right to disallow any third-party drivers from registering themselves with the OS? Does Linus? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/