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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:52:50 +0200
From: "Pekka Enberg" <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
To: "CooperYuan Cooper" <cooperyuan@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: About closed-source module use GPL module function
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Hi,

On Jan 30, 2008 8:41 AM, CooperYuan Cooper <cooperyuan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Now I am porting a device driver to Linux, its source code is not opened.
>
> In this module, I use some interface functions exported from GPL
> module through EXPORT_SYMBOL macros. (not EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL), For
> example, register_sound_dsp() and so on.
>
> Do I violate GPL? How to solve it?

This list is probably a not good source for (free) legal advice but
the simplest way to be sure is to release the source code under GPLv2.
HTH.

                        Pekka
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