Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Apr 2004 15:12:57 +0200 | From | Jan-Benedict Glaw <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license (-> possible GPL violation :) |
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On Tue, 2004-04-27 13:59:48 +0100, Paulo Marques <pmarques@grupopie.com> wrote in message <408E5944.8090807@grupopie.com>: > Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > >This way, the module format doesn't change, but we can do additional > >verification in the loader. > > 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? :)
That's another (quite amusing:) point of view. Anybody willing to ask a lawyer?
MfG, JBG
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