[PATCH] dma-buf: Use EXPORT_SYMBOL

[Alan Cox]

> > So, developers implicitly or explicitly copied in this thread that might be
> > considering the usage of dmabuf on proprietary drivers should consider
> > this email as a formal notification of my viewpoint: e. g. that I consider
> > any attempt of using DMABUF or media core/drivers together with proprietary
> > Kernelspace code as a possible GPL infringement.
> 
> Though that does beg the question why you care about this patch :-)

Because my legal advice is to object and remind people who suggest
otherwise. There are specific reasons to do so around estoppel and
willful infringement.

It's not a case of objections anyway - if the _GPL matters then it's a
licensing change so you need the approval of everyone whose code is
involved. At that point I think Nvidia are starting in the wrong place
and need to start with a collection of vendors corporate legal contacts
and then work down the call tree involved.

Alan