Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750994AbWLNRIq (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:08:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750970AbWLNRIq (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:08:46 -0500 Received: from smtp114.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.198.213]:23434 "HELO smtp114.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750973AbWLNRIp (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:08:45 -0500 X-YMail-OSG: o8itzcYVM1kbKS2TD7NEcXPld.VpQlaLVIzAuExZD3ZsJhmuY.V8feeTvce6QGq_Ky7UbtlWkSP4Cfw6b8qOYFqhwDmUspFrP0pAVHDrTJ9XHtciOSCxmg-- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:08:41 -0800 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Jeff Garzik , Greg KH , Jonathan Corbet , Andrew Morton , Martin Bligh , "Michael K. Edwards" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] Message-ID: <20061214170841.GA11196@tuatara.stupidest.org> References: <20061214003246.GA12162@suse.de> <22299.1166057009@lwn.net> <20061214005532.GA12790@suse.de> <458171C1.3070400@garzik.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 695 Lines: 15 On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 09:03:57AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > I actually think the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() thing is a good thing, if > done properly (and I think we use it fairly well). > > I think we _can_ do things where we give clear hints to people that > "we think this is such an internal Linux thing that you simply > cannot use this without being considered a derived work". Then why not change the name to something more along those lines? - 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/