Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753333Ab2HCOQe (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Aug 2012 10:16:34 -0400 Received: from lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk ([81.2.110.251]:59081 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752689Ab2HCOQb (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Aug 2012 10:16:31 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:20:50 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: dmarkh@cfl.rr.com Cc: Chris Friesen , linux-kernel Subject: Re: MODULE_LICENSE("GPL")?? Message-ID: <20120803152050.509ee884@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <501BDBEE.60305@cfl.rr.com> References: <50199E91.5040308@cfl.rr.com> <20120801224342.5b90747f@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> <501A704E.2000301@cfl.rr.com> <501B5D51.5030307@genband.com> <501BBE45.8060309@cfl.rr.com> <20120803142923.311c70b6@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> <501BDBEE.60305@cfl.rr.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.8; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 659 Lines: 15 > Why then is there EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL and EXPORT_SYMBOL? As long as you have > them both, one can and will, assume that what you say above is not the intent Then I would look back at the list and previous statements where the intent has repeatedly been made clear by several developers. EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL was intended to mark internal symbols that absolutely couldn't be used by something non derivative. Alan -- 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/