Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 20 Oct 2001 02:38:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 20 Oct 2001 02:38:07 -0400 Received: from mail.ocs.com.au ([203.34.97.2]:20229 "HELO mail.ocs.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 20 Oct 2001 02:38:03 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 From: Keith Owens To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: MODULE_LICENSE and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 19 Oct 2001 13:07:37 MST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 16:38:25 +1000 Message-ID: <28610.1003559905@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 19 Oct 2001 13:07:37 -0700 (PDT), David Lang wrote: >the problem posted is that a BSD no adv licence is GPL compatable and >source may be available and therefor BSD no adv modules should not taint >the kernel, on the other hand it's possible to have a BSD no adv licensed >module that the source is not available for and therefor it should taint >the kernel. Do not cc: me on this thread. Check module.h and insmod.c before making statements like that. The BSD no advert license is not considered GPL compatible in the kernel. Only Dual BSD/GPL is non-tainting, because the code is also available under the GPL. Anybody taking advantage of the BSD no adv license to create a binary only module will be tainted. That causes a problem for some modules in the kernel tree that have the BSD no advert license. Ideally these should be changed to dual BSD/GPL but that may not be possible. Since their source code is always available, we might change them to "BSD without advertisement clause, source is in the kernel tree" and add that string to the non-tainting list. BSD no advert code that is not in the kernel tree can either switch to dual BSD/GPL or be tainted, at the choice of the supplier. The affected code in the kernel tree is drivers/net/bsd_comp.c drivers/net/pcmcia/wavelan_cs.c drivers/net/ppp_deflate.c drivers/net/slhc.c drivers/net/strip.c drivers/scsi/advansys.c drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c drivers/scsi/pci2000.c drivers/scsi/pci2220i.c drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c fs/nls/nls_cp1251.c fs/nls/nls_cp1255.c fs/nls/nls_cp437.c fs/nls/nls_cp737.c fs/nls/nls_cp775.c fs/nls/nls_cp850.c fs/nls/nls_cp852.c fs/nls/nls_cp855.c fs/nls/nls_cp857.c fs/nls/nls_cp860.c fs/nls/nls_cp861.c fs/nls/nls_cp862.c fs/nls/nls_cp863.c fs/nls/nls_cp864.c fs/nls/nls_cp865.c fs/nls/nls_cp866.c fs/nls/nls_cp869.c fs/nls/nls_cp874.c net/ipv4/netfilter/ipchains_core.c - 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/