From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.tuxedocomputers.com (mail.tuxedocomputers.com [157.90.84.7]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 226141A2567 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:40:33 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=157.90.84.7 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1731350437; cv=none; b=qiREAXSsJNL70531RZZPFMzpyOCIRvKnAXkSIlH/XTm1WwjPT4hWuwGe909QqpYMsa4LAijhfoqy/QvzH/p93f0YtC7nbBPBCFfwxjzLvvipipfSAtKHKtiPlT3NZXKi4W+1nljhBSePuCmo9Jr4VOUYil6JpDD51k+mAnt66Lw= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1731350437; c=relaxed/simple; bh=mYMvkJzRtBsjX3dNLdcWwCZGlzDU39xIT77Hm9Rq4LI=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:To:From:Cc:Subject:Content-Type; b=cAYo9UGTwtvS3dqqTUjQK91hqIp9r1aqiBYNGxLk1YJg17qtb4BaY6COmwSW9IReODohXSqDQmj4Y63Jj7SjxiRKFl1I+TlcrY6Vl5uspcRRZlT8C8kN9oLXb3q0QD/JZze3dFqpKKPSlwA0hcYc7Gk8h8rlfDvj+B8DR4L+Y5c= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=tuxedocomputers.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=tuxedocomputers.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=tuxedocomputers.com header.i=@tuxedocomputers.com header.b=tpyNHHaH; arc=none smtp.client-ip=157.90.84.7 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=tuxedocomputers.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=tuxedocomputers.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=tuxedocomputers.com header.i=@tuxedocomputers.com header.b="tpyNHHaH" Received: from [192.168.42.96] (p5de457db.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [93.228.87.219]) (Authenticated sender: wse@tuxedocomputers.com) by mail.tuxedocomputers.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 65D4D2FC0052; Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:40:25 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuxedocomputers.com; s=default; t=1731350425; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=gjAifMeRjlujGtjlmYt5wIe4WkjPL7mFpFvfgt7JVcc=; b=tpyNHHaHCtQMsQtRJK31vJDmIRxDfVu3iFioqXC7zxF/HYI9a8NiCusee2P0Fz4Th/7U2O 3pomKXXPF6w+nSlt4fWNnOLekEKPWObI68L8Nj/egEFEor5mdvx7Qb3ZuFmjClLctyNt3K 7gYE+w43wva67oYtMqXhM/cLPCeg4mI= Authentication-Results: mail.tuxedocomputers.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=wse@tuxedocomputers.com smtp.mailfrom=wse@tuxedocomputers.com Message-ID: <17276996-dcca-4ab5-a64f-0e76514c5dc7@tuxedocomputers.com> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:40:25 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" From: Werner Sembach Cc: Christoffer Sandberg Subject: EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL with GPLv3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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