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Re: need proprietary alternative to GPL-licensed functions in linux/drivers/base/class.c

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среда, 19 августа 2009 г., 1:09:55 UTC+3 пользователь lightdee написал:

> I need to keep the driver proprietary, so how do I work with udev and
> sysfs without using the functions in class.c? Is there another non-gpl
> interface to those systems?

There is a VERY simple solution. Write an intermediate GPL'ed driver that would export wrappers around sysfs/udev functions using EXPORT_SYMBOL() and not EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() as sysfs and udev do.

Then from your proprietary driver call those functions instead of sysfs/udev functions, and voila!

I call this driver "gplf" for "GPL f***er". ;)

If there are any lawyers around, they will hopefully tell if this is legal or not in terms of GPL. But technically, it works.

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