Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264223AbUD0VRK (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:17:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264354AbUD0VRK (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:17:10 -0400 Received: from fed1rmmtao11.cox.net ([68.230.241.28]:25831 "EHLO fed1rmmtao11.cox.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264223AbUD0VRI (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:17:08 -0400 To: Paulo Marques cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license References: <408DC0E0.7090500@gmx.net> <1083045844.2150.105.camel@bach> <20040427092159.GC29503@lug-owl.de> <408E37D9.7030804@gmx.net> <408E5944.8090807@grupopie.com> From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:17:06 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Paulo Marques's message of "Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:03:51 GMT") Message-ID: <7v65blp1d9.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 904 Lines: 20 >>>>> "PM" == Paulo Marques writes: PM> The way I see it, they know a C string ends with a '\0'. This is like PM> saying that a English sentence ends with a dot. If they wrote "GPL\0" PM> they are effectively saying that the license *is* GPL period. PM> So, where the source code? :) I do not know if their having "GPL\0" in their object makes it under GPL, but even if it did, I do not think they have any obligation to give us the source. GPL says "You may do such and such provided if you do so and so" but that is all about the Licensee. It does not talk anything about what the copyright holder may, may not, nor must do :). - 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/