Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264201AbUD0RFo (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:05:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264205AbUD0RFo (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:05:44 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.184]:34273 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264201AbUD0RFl (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:05:41 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 19:05:33 +0200 From: "Juergen E. Fischer" To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license Message-ID: <20040427170533.GB9574@linux-buechse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <408DC0E0.7090500@gmx.net> <1083045844.2150.105.camel@bach> <20040427092159.GC29503@lug-owl.de> <408E37D9.7030804@gmx.net> <408E5944.8090807@grupopie.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <408E5944.8090807@grupopie.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:8b0c050ff9179508392b54e1b921775e Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 729 Lines: 19 Hi Paulo, On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 13:59:48 +0100, Paulo Marques wrote: > The way I see it, they know a C string ends with a '\0'. This is like > saying that a English sentence ends with a dot. If they wrote "GPL\0" they > are effectively saying that the license *is* GPL period. > > So, where the source code? :) IANAL, but I think the copyright holder is not bound to the GPL and can supply what ever he wants, just the licensee is required to make the source available. J?rgen - 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/