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Linux: EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL vs EXPORT_SYMBOL

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The debate as to whether or not a kernel module is a derivative work of the Linux kernel itself and thus must also be released under the GPL has come up many times. Linus Torvalds has previously noted that things like drivers that were originally written for other operating systems that have since been ported to Linux fall into a gray area...

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Derived work? Maybe... dinotrac 0 3,059 Feb 5, 2005 11:47 AM

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