> This depends if the module uses any symbols exported from the kernel > with EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(), and clearly the module license - 'strings' > should be enough do check this is you don't have a MIPS platform to > hand. actually it doesn't. For one, there is section 2 of the GPL which clearly forbids this For another, EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL presence does NOT mean that it's ok to use EXPORT_SYMBOL symbols without any license/copyright considerations at all. The kernel is GPL licensed, without any exceptions.