Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268064AbUJGUFe (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2004 16:05:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268039AbUJGUD7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2004 16:03:59 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:6066 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268029AbUJGUDZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2004 16:03:25 -0400 Subject: Re: Probable module bug in linux-2.6.5-1.358 From: Alan Cox To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: "Richard B. Johnson" , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <1097175903.29576.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1097175903.29576.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1097175596.31547.111.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 19:59:58 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1673 Lines: 39 On Iau, 2004-10-07 at 20:05, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > -------------- > /* > * Since some in the Linux-kernel development group want to play > * lawyer, and require that a GPL License exist for every kernel > * module, I provide the following: > * > * Everything in this file (only) is released under the so-called > * GNU Public License, incorporated herein by reference. > * > * Now, we just link this with any proprietary code and everybody > * but the lawyers are happy. > */ What a fascinating object. I hope thats not reflective of OSDL policy 8) Is fascinating because my first thought was that if they sign the Induce act it would be a criminal offence to have it in the USA since its clearly an incitement and my second thought was that the Bernstein case appears to argue its protected speech. Interesting times 8) More seriously the goal of MODULE_LICENSE has never been to -enforce- GPL licensing. It provides help in understanding what symbols are definitely off limits and it allows people to identify proprietary stuff loaded into a system to filter bug reports. The law on derivative works and copyright in general, murkly alas as it is, does the enforcing, and unfortunately it is becoming apparent that the free software world is going to have to go out soon and crack down hard on abusers, especially those simply shipping Linux binaries with no source or GPL information. Alan - 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/