"David Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't know who told you that or why, but it's obvious nonsense,
Correct. > Exports should be marked GPL if and only if they cannot be used > except in a derivative work. If it is possible to use them without taking > sufficient protectable expression, they should not be marked GPL. This isn't very obvious to me. The licence doesn't talk about GPL or non-GPL exports. It doesn't restrict the use, only distribution of the software. One is free to remove _GPL from the code and distribute it anyway (except perhaps for some DMCA nonsense). If a code is a derivative work it has to be distributed (use is not restricted) under GPL, EXPORT _GPL or not _GPL. One may say _GPL is a strong indication that all users are automatically a derivative works, but it's only that - indication. It doesn't mean they are really derivative works and it doesn't mean a module not using any _GPL exports isn't a derivative. I think introducing these _GPL symbols was a mistake in the first place. -- Krzysztof Halasa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
