Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/2] in-kernel sockets API

Daniel,

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Daniel Phillips wrote:

Speaking as a former member of a "grey market" binary module vendor that
came in from the cold I can assure you that the distinction between EXPORT
and EXPORT_GPL _is_ meaningful.  That tainted flag makes it extremely
difficult to do deals with mainstream Linux companies and there is always
the fear that it will turn into a legal problem.  The latter bit tends to
make venture capitalists nervous.

EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL and the Tainted flag have nothing to do with each other.