I'd suggest putting a Documentation/GPL-Symbols to explain this. Then in the "tainted" message, have a pointer to that documentation.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Preece > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 11:43 AM > To: Chris Wedgwood > Cc: Eric Sandeen; Christoph Hellwig; Linus Torvalds; 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] > > On 12/14/06, Chris Wedgwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 12:15:20PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote: > > > > > Please don't use that name, it strikes me as much more confusing > > > than EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, even though I agree that _GPL > doesn't quite > > > convey what it means, either. > > > > Calling internal symbols _INTERNAL is confusing? > > I think it's the combination of "INTERNAL" and "EXPORT" that > seems contradictory - "If it's internal, why are you exporting it?" > > I think "EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_ONLY" or "...ONLY UNDER_GPL" would > make the meaning clearer, but I don't really think the gain > is worth the pain. > Anybody using kernel interfaces ought to be able to figure it out. > > > > > But those symbols aren't, they're about internal interfaces > that might > > change. > > Folks who think this is likely to make a difference in court > might want to look at > <http:www.linuxworld.com/news/2006/120806-closed-modules2.html > > for a litany of court cases that have rejected infringement > claims where a much sterner effort had been made to hide or > block use of interfaces. > The article claims that courts have increasingly found that > interfacing your code to an existing work is not > infringement, regardless of what you have to work around to do it. > > Of course, that's one author's reading of the case law and > I'm sure there are others who disagree, but it's something > you'd want to keep in mind in calculating the expected value > of a suit... > > scott > - > 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/ - 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/
