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docs/licensing: Clarify wording about "GPL" and "Proprietary"
authorUwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@kernel.org>
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:38:41 +0000 (11:38 +0100)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:44:25 +0000 (10:44 -0700)
commitd8c949c577b5adb9fb87923b5429767aae4be590
tree6055850bf830dd902e11ddb4a9f4fd3d7a876967
parent21e500138b6f3040423bb1959ac9ffe68d138733
docs/licensing: Clarify wording about "GPL" and "Proprietary"

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 <ukleinek@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241115103842.585207-2-ukleinek@kernel.org
Documentation/kernel-hacking/hacking.rst
Documentation/process/license-rules.rst