Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 03 May 2004 00:26:13 +0200 | From | Giuliano Colla <> | Subject | Re: [hsflinux] [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license |
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Geert Uytterhoeven ha scritto:
>On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Giuliano Colla wrote: > > >>It may make sense not to have anything left in the GPL directory in a >>binary only .rpm package, because once linked GPL parts cannot be told >>apart from non-GPL ones. >> >> > >When speaking about loadable kernel modules: yes they can! That's what >modinfo(8) is for! > >Oh wait, someone played tricks with a \0 character... > >Gr{oetje,eeting}s, > > > What I mean is that in a binary rpm you have binaries which link together GPL and non GPL code. There's not such a thing as a GPL binaries to put in the GPL directory. This holds true whether they play tricks or not. If you want to see the GPL'd code you must download the source package. You may blame them for playing tricks with \0 character, but you can't blame them for an empty GPL directory in the binary package, when you find it properly populated in the source package.
Groetje, ----- Giuliano Colla
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