On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 09:45:31AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> Non GPL modules are required not to be derivative works (a term of law).
> The EXPORT_SYMBOL information is merely advisory to help seperate
> symbols. In many cases its purely historical as to whether a symbol is
> marked _GPL or not.
Yes, I agree, I was just not talking about licensing/legal issues, but only
about the visible technical reasons and restrictions.
So I dont think I am confused... thanks for follow up, Alan.
Gruss
Bernd
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