On 1/29/06, Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Development of proprietary kernel modules is tolerated, see > >EXPORT_SYMBOL vs. EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. AFAICS, this special exception > >to the GPL has never been formalized, but at least overe here the mere > While proprietary kernel modules are tolerated, there is no special > exception to the GPL, EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL is just a technological measure > used to make GPL violations more evident and subject to the DMCA.
What violations? And what does DMCA has to do with EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL and "tainting" idiocy which has the only purpose to impede interoperability with non-GPL'd code? Anyone can patch the kernel to get rid of that silliness completely or reexport what's required in a non-GPL<->GPL support module. That's not to mention straight "GPL\0sucks" workaround. The GNUtians among kernel developers simply never heard of Sega v Accolade. "Genesis III searches the game program for four bytes of data consisting of the letters "S-E-G-A" (the "TMSS initialization code")..." regards, alexander.
