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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license
Hi Paulo,

On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 13:59:48 +0100, Paulo Marques wrote:
> The way I see it, they know a C string ends with a '\0'. This is like
> saying that a English sentence ends with a dot. If they wrote "GPL\0" they
> are effectively saying that the license *is* GPL period.
>
> So, where the source code? :)

IANAL, but I think the copyright holder is not bound to the GPL and can
supply what ever he wants, just the licensee is required to make the
source available.

Jürgen
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