Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263528AbUJ2UHz (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:07:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263504AbUJ2UFN (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:05:13 -0400 Received: from convulsion.choralone.org ([212.13.208.157]:37637 "EHLO convulsion.choralone.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263508AbUJ2UCG (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:02:06 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:00:12 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: Alan Cox Cc: typo@shaw.ca, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Paulo Marques Subject: Re: Linuxant/Conexant HSF/HCF Modem Drivers Unlocked Message-ID: <20041029200011.GA18508@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Alan Cox , typo@shaw.ca, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Paulo Marques References: <1099032721.23148.5.camel@localhost> <418226FA.1030803@grupopie.com> <1099053788.4511.13.camel@localhost> <1099057814.13068.29.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1099057814.13068.29.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 955 Lines: 21 On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 02:50:42PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Gwe, 2004-10-29 at 13:43, Chad Christopher Giffin wrote: > > I still find myself deeply troubled and questioning the legalities of > > using "GPL\0[...]" in the license string of a non-GPL module. As it is > > a blatant lie. > > Oh its almost certainly a criminal offence in the USA - the DMCA for > example. The \0 stupidity checker needs to go into the kernel. Copy protection arms-races are always fun. If we did this, no doubt some enterprising individual would find that some other value also has the same effect. You need to throw out anything else thats non alphanumeric too. (plus '/' for 'Dual BSD/GPL' and friends) Dave - 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/