Re: [PATCH] docs/licensing: Clarify wording about "GPL" and "Proprietary"

Werner Sembach <[email protected]> Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:11:54 +0100

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Hi,

Am 15.11.24 um 11:38 schrieb Uwe Kleine-König:
> 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]>

Thanks for adding this clarification.

Kind regards,

Werner Sembach