From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262131AbTJGKqo (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2003 06:46:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262133AbTJGKqo (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2003 06:46:44 -0400 Received: from scrub.xs4all.nl ([194.109.195.176]:19978 "EHLO scrub.xs4all.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262131AbTJGKpE (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2003 06:45:04 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 12:44:32 +0200 (CEST) From: Roman Zippel X-X-Sender: roman@serv To: Andre Hedrick cc: David Woodhouse , Larry McVoy , Pascal Schmidt , Subject: Re: freed_symbols [Re: People, not GPL [was: Re: Driver Model]] In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Andre Hedrick wrote: > You got my point exactly, keep the issue of license to GPL and not muddy > the waters with a license other than GPL as an example. Fine, but you didn't answer my questions at all and you're the one complaining about EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL in first place, so here are the questions again, in case you deleted the original mail already: Could you please explain about what "added restrictions" you're talking about? Let's actually look at the GPL, which states "You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein.", a bit earlier we find "Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License". So how exactly does EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL restrict you in these activities? bye, Roman