Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19]

From: Chris Wedgwood
Date: Thu Dec 14 2006 - 12:09:03 EST


On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 09:03:57AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> I actually think the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() thing is a good thing, if
> done properly (and I think we use it fairly well).
>
> I think we _can_ do things where we give clear hints to people that
> "we think this is such an internal Linux thing that you simply
> cannot use this without being considered a derived work".

Then why not change the name to something more along those lines?
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