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From: Greg KH [mailto:g...@kroah.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 6:50 PM
To: Jeff Haran
Cc: Guillaume Knispel; Graeme Russ; Sengottuvelan S; Kernel Newbies
Subject: Re: GPL-only symbol Error
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 06:10:27PM -0800, Jeff Haran wrote
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From: Bernd Petrovitsch [mailto:be...@petrovitsch.priv.at]
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 2:51 AM
To: Sengottuvelan S
Cc: Graeme Russ; Greg KH; Kernel Newbies; Jeff Haran
Subject: RE: GPL-only symbol Error
On Die, 2011-11-22 at 17:21 -0800, Jeff Haran wrote
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 10:05:19AM -0800, Jeff Haran wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Greg KH [mailto:g...@kroah.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 6:50 PM
To: Jeff Haran
Cc: Guillaume Knispel; Graeme Russ; Sengottuvelan S; Kernel Newbies
Subject: Re: GPL-only symbol Error
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 10:31:19AM -0800, Jeff Haran wrote:
That's the actual bug: You assume that you can legally make a
proprietary Linux kernel module by simply declaring to do so (and going
deeper is not quite possible as we do not know the module ).
I can clearly legally write a
Hi All,
Basically, I am developing a kernel module named xyz.ko and my
MODULE_LICENSE is Proprietary. I have got an error GPL-incompatible
module xyz.ko uses GPL-only symbols.
I am having trouble identifying it. How to avoid this error in during
MODPOST?. Is there any way to avoid this error?
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[mailto:kernelnewbies-boun...@kernelnewbies.org] On Behalf Of
Sengottuvelan S
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 1:49 PM
To: Kernel Newbies
Subject: GPL-only symbol Error
Hi All,
Basically, I am developing a kernel module named xyz.ko
, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Jeff Haran jha...@bytemobile.com wrote:
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kernelnewbies-boun...@kernelnewbies.org] *On Behalf Of *Sengottuvelan S
*Sent:* Tuesday, November 22, 2011 1:49 PM
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*Subject:* GPL-only symbol
From: Sengottuvelan S [mailto:sengottuvela...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:09 PM
To: Jeff Haran
Cc: Kernel Newbies
Subject: Re: GPL-only symbol Error
Hi Jeff,
I have few symbols with this error especially - sock_recv_timestamp(). Is there
way to refer this or similar API
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 02:08:59PM -0800, Sengottuvelan S wrote:
Hi Jeff,
I have few symbols with this error especially - sock_recv_timestamp(). Is
there
way to refer this or similar API in my module with MODULE_LICENSE is
Proprietary. How do I know equavalent non-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL APIs
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 02:35:24PM -0800, Jeff Haran wrote:
I've seen others when faced with this who build their own kernels from
sources just modify the problematic EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()s to
EXPORT_SYMBOL()s. I don't know if that is legal. I wouldn't do it
personally. Consult a lawyer before
-Original Message-
From: Greg KH [mailto:g...@kroah.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:44 PM
To: Jeff Haran; Sengottuvelan S; Kernel Newbies
Subject: Re: GPL-only symbol Error
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 02:35:24PM -0800, Jeff Haran wrote:
I've seen others when faced
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 04:34:21PM -0800, Jeff Haran wrote:
Just curious, can you provide links to these cases?
No kernel cases ever became public, but the SAMBA team have lots of
public cases where they have successfully handled this type of case.
I've read the COPYING file at the top of the
Hi Jeff,
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Jeff Haran jha...@bytemobile.com wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Greg KH [mailto:g...@kroah.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:44 PM
To: Jeff Haran; Sengottuvelan S; Kernel Newbies
Subject: Re: GPL-only symbol Error
On Tue, Nov 22
Error
Hi Jeff,
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Jeff Haran jha...@bytemobile.com
wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Greg KH [mailto:g...@kroah.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:44 PM
To: Jeff Haran; Sengottuvelan S; Kernel Newbies
Subject: Re: GPL-only symbol Error
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Jeff Haran jha...@bytemobile.com wrote:
Graeme,
Perhaps, but that's not what I asked about. It seems to me the essence of GPL
is that it grants people the right to modify GPL sources like the Linux
kernel in any way they want so long as they make those
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From: Guillaume Knispel [mailto:gknis...@proformatique.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:40 PM
To: Jeff Haran
Cc: Graeme Russ; Greg KH; Sengottuvelan S; Kernel Newbies
Subject: Re: GPL-only symbol Error
On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:21:46 -0800
Jeff Haran jha
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From: Greg Freemyer [mailto:greg.freem...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:57 PM
To: Jeff Haran
Cc: Graeme Russ; Greg KH; Sengottuvelan S; Kernel Newbies
Subject: Re: GPL-only symbol Error
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Jeff Haran jha
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 05:21:46PM -0800, Jeff Haran wrote:
Perhaps, but that's not what I asked about. It seems to me the essence
of GPL is that it grants people the right to modify GPL sources like
the Linux kernel in any way they want so long as they make those
changes available to whoever
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 06:10:27PM -0800, Jeff Haran wrote:
But it doesn't do anybody any good to spread misinformation about this
topic, particularly with regard to what is and isn't legal.
I agree, please don't continue it, but rather, consult a lawyer if you
have further questions.
greg k-h
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