Uwe Kleine-König <[email protected]> writes: > There are currently some doubts about out-of-tree kernel modules licensed > under GPLv3 and if they are supposed to be able to use symbols exported > using EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. > > Clarify that "Proprietary" means anything non-GPL2 even though the > license might be an open source license. Also disambiguate "GPL > compatible" to "GPLv2 compatible". > > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <[email protected]> > --- > Hello, > > these are the locations that I found by a quick grep. If you spot a > document that needs similar updating, please tell. > > The change in license-rules.rst looks bigger than it actually is due to > changing where the line wrappings occur. With `git diff --word-diff` it > reduces to: > > "Proprietary" The module is under a proprietary license. > {+"Proprietary" is to be understood only > as+} > {+ "The license is not compatible to GPLv2".+} > This string is solely for > [-proprietary-]{+non-GPL2 compatible+} > third party modules and cannot be used for > > Best regards > Uwe > > Documentation/kernel-hacking/hacking.rst | 2 +- > Documentation/process/license-rules.rst | 18 ++++++++++-------- > 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
There seem to be no objections, so I've applied this. Thanks, jon
