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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:18:58 -0400
From: Chris Friesen <cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com>
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Subject: Re: hsf modem drivers lying about their license
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Jon DeVree wrote:
> Someone needs to take a look at the MODULE_LICENSE string reported by
> the HSF modem drivers made by LinuxAnt.
> 
> http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/full/downloads.php
> 
> They creatively inserted a \0 character in it.
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL\0for files in the \"GPL\" directory; for others,
> only LICENSE file applies");
> 
> Runnning modinfo -F license on the compiled driver gives:
> GPL because of their creative null character. The actual license for most of
> the files is NOT GPL.

Ewww...that's evil.

Maybe we need to store the size of the license string for modinfo, so it doesn't stop at the first null?

Chris
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