Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264208AbUD0QTM (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:19:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264238AbUD0QTM (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:19:12 -0400 Received: from mailoff.mtu.edu ([141.219.70.111]:59882 "EHLO mailoff.mtu.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264208AbUD0QS6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:18:58 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:18:53 -0400 From: Jon To: Albert Cahalan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license Message-ID: <20040427161853.GC28206@tesla.resnet.mtu.edu> Reply-To: jadevree@mtu.edu References: <1083073392.3444.911.camel@cube> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="hYooF8G/hrfVAmum" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1083073392.3444.911.camel@cube> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1383 Lines: 44 --hYooF8G/hrfVAmum Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 09:43:12AM -0400, Albert Cahalan wrote: > I don't see a need to get all complicated about this. > This is simple, really: since a C string ends at the > '\0', the module has been declared to be GPL code. > We shouldn't care if that C string is part of a larger > array. This is a damn obvious case of willful circumvention > of copyright control, access control, digital rights > management, etc. >=20 > Unleash the sharks. >=20 I did, you're on slashdot http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=3D04/04/27/1435217 --=20 Jon http://tesla.resnet.mtu.edu The only meaning in life is the meaning you create for it. --hYooF8G/hrfVAmum Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAjoftrd+yBMYSKYIRAiVFAJ0dgbDi/gkBrXALuzJGJmKIrqgAgwCeKfQg 7fx/DokYm/8nr6HKor7KL1A= =T9Xt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --hYooF8G/hrfVAmum-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/