fw@deneb.enyo.de wrote: >Development of proprietary kernel modules is tolerated, see >EXPORT_SYMBOL vs. EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. AFAICS, this special exception >to the GPL has never been formalized, but at least overe here the mere While proprietary kernel modules are tolerated, there is no special exception to the GPL, EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL is just a technological measure used to make GPL violations more evident and subject to the DMCA. -- ciao, Marco