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From: Werner Sembach <wse@tuxedocomputers.com>
To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Christoffer Sandberg <cs@tuxedo.de>
Subject: EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL with GPLv3
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:40:25 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <17276996-dcca-4ab5-a64f-0e76514c5dc7@tuxedocomputers.com> (raw)

Hi,

asking at the source: Can EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL-exports be used with out of tree 
GPLv3 licensed modules?

- EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL is documented here 
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/kernel-hacking/hacking.html#export-symbol-gpl 
but this only mentions "GPL" without specifying v2 or v3

- This LWN article only talking about "GPL-compatible" with no version given and 
that was written before the v3 was released: https://lwn.net/Articles/154602/

- This docs page 
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/license-rules.html#id1 defining 
MODULE_LICENSE(“GPL”) as GPL v2, but does not define MODULE_LICENSE(“GPL v3”) 
nor what is and isn't allowed with it

Kind regards,

Werner Sembach


             reply	other threads:[~2024-11-11 18:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-11-11 18:40 Werner Sembach [this message]
2024-11-12  5:00 ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-11-12  8:34   ` Werner Sembach
2024-11-15 10:44     ` Uwe Kleine-König

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