Re: [PATCH] compat: makes all compat symbolsEXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()

[Arend van Spriel]

On 03/03/2012 05:15 PM, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Some of the modules in this patch are dual-licensed. I was under the
> > impression that EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL was specifically for GPL-only code
> > although I could not find any specifics in the Documentation folder. Do
> > you (or someone else) have a reference on this topic?
>
> If your code is licensed GPL or greater rights then you shouldn't have a
> problem. The module loader recognizes
>
> 	"GPL"
> 	"GPL v2"
> 	"GPL and additional rights"
> 	"Dual BSD/GPL"
> 	"Dual MIT/GPL"
> 	"DUal MPL/GPL"
>
> as legitimate users of _GPL. Any work which is derivative of the kernel
> (which in practise I suspect means almost any module) will need a GPL
> compatible licence anyway.

Hi, Alan

I found the list above in module.h, but was not sure whether it was ok 
to use _GPL for dual license. Thanks for clarifying this.

Gr. AvS

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