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I see it as just a kind of "warranty void if seal broken". Don't do this or you may be in violation of the GPL. Maybe a legal court in $country would find in yo

I see it as just a kind of "warranty void if seal broken". Don't do this or you may be in violation of the GPL. Maybe a legal court in $country would find in your favour (I'm not convinced it's as clear cut as you imply). Maybe they would find that you willfully infringed, despite the kernel devs clearly warning you not to do it. The main "legal effect" I see is that you are not willing to take that risk, just like Oracle isn't.

Dylan16807 3y ago
If the goal was to prove someone saw the GPL, then the entire license enforcement mechanism wouldn't be in the kernel. If enough symbols get restricted without valid copyright-based reasons, modules that legitimately have non-GPL licenses will have to lie to the kernel to get loaded. And that's a stupid situation all around.