On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 09:45:31AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > Non GPL modules are required not to be derivative works (a term of law). > The EXPORT_SYMBOL information is merely advisory to help seperate > symbols. In many cases its purely historical as to whether a symbol is > marked _GPL or not.
Yes, I agree, I was just not talking about licensing/legal issues, but only about the visible technical reasons and restrictions. So I dont think I am confused... thanks for follow up, Alan. Gruss Bernd -- (OO) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ( .. ) [EMAIL PROTECTED],linux.de,debian.org} http://www.eckes.org/ o--o 1024D/E383CD7E [EMAIL PROTECTED] v:+497211603874 f:+49721151516129 (O____O) When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl! - 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/
