Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423058AbXBBTLB (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Feb 2007 14:11:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423059AbXBBTLA (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Feb 2007 14:11:00 -0500 Received: from tmailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.23]:53117 "EHLO tmailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423058AbXBBTK7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Feb 2007 14:10:59 -0500 Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 20:08:29 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Paul Rolland cc: "'Linux Kernel Mailing List'" , "'Andrew Morton'" , "'Jon Masters'" , "'Alexey Dobriyan'" Subject: RE: [PATCH] Ban module license tag string termination trick In-Reply-To: <01b701c746f9$333c9d80$4b00a8c0@donald> Message-ID: References: <01b701c746f9$333c9d80$4b00a8c0@donald> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required 0.0 UPPERCASE_25_50 message body is 25-50% uppercase Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 591 Lines: 20 On Feb 2 2007 19:37, Paul Rolland wrote: >> MODULE_IS_UNDER_GPL_LICENSE("yes\0 but only this .c file"); >> > >MODULE_IS_UNDER_GPL_LICENSE(0) >(integer, not string). So what (legally) happens when someone does MODULE_IS_UNDER_GPL_LICENSE(2), (~0) or (-1)? Does the judge get confused? Then better use strings and an appropriate check. Jan -- - 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/