From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: marcelo@conectiva.com.br, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.17-pre1
Date: 28 Nov 2001 18:48:13 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1006991294.813.0.camel@phantasy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E169EIY-0006UI-00@the-village.bc.nu>
In-Reply-To: <E169EIY-0006UI-00@the-village.bc.nu>
On Wed, 2001-11-28 at 18:39, Alan Cox wrote:
> > use "BSD without advertising clause", which causes the kernel to be
> > tainted. Shouldn't fs/nls/*.c use "Dual BSD/GPL" or "GPL" instead?
>
> Dual BSD/GPL is the correct one. Not a big issue. Since the GPL allows
> stuff to be freer than GPL but still GPL its arguably correct too I
> suspect
I was waiting for confirmation about the license status...without
getting into what license is correct and legal, the current
MODULE_LICENSE value taints the kernel. The attached patch switches to
Dual BSD/GPL.
Marcelo, please apply.
Robert Love
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp1251.c linux/fs/nls/nls_cp1251.c
--- linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp1251.c Wed Nov 28 15:15:10 2001
+++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp1251.c Wed Nov 28 18:41:14 2001
@@ -315,4 +315,4 @@
* c-continued-brace-offset: 0
* End:
*/
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertising clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp1255.c linux/fs/nls/nls_cp1255.c
--- linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp1255.c Wed Nov 28 15:15:10 2001
+++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp1255.c Wed Nov 28 18:41:29 2001
@@ -396,4 +396,4 @@
* c-continued-brace-offset: 0
* End:
*/
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertising clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp437.c linux/fs/nls/nls_cp437.c
--- linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp437.c Wed Nov 28 15:15:09 2001
+++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp437.c Wed Nov 28 18:41:40 2001
@@ -401,4 +401,4 @@
* c-continued-brace-offset: 0
* End:
*/
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertising clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp737.c linux/fs/nls/nls_cp737.c
--- linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp737.c Wed Nov 28 15:15:09 2001
+++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp737.c Wed Nov 28 18:41:50 2001
@@ -364,4 +364,4 @@
* c-continued-brace-offset: 0
* End:
*/
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertising clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp775.c linux/fs/nls/nls_cp775.c
--- linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp775.c Wed Nov 28 15:15:09 2001
+++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp775.c Wed Nov 28 18:42:00 2001
@@ -333,4 +333,4 @@
* c-continued-brace-offset: 0
* End:
*/
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertising clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp850.c linux/fs/nls/nls_cp850.c
--- linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp850.c Wed Nov 28 15:15:09 2001
+++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp850.c Wed Nov 28 18:42:10 2001
@@ -329,4 +329,4 @@
* c-continued-brace-offset: 0
* End:
*/
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertising clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp852.c linux/fs/nls/nls_cp852.c
--- linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp852.c Wed Nov 28 15:15:09 2001
+++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp852.c Wed Nov 28 18:42:22 2001
@@ -351,4 +351,4 @@
* c-continued-brace-offset: 0
* End:
*/
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertising clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp855.c linux/fs/nls/nls_cp855.c
--- linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp855.c Wed Nov 28 15:15:09 2001
+++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp855.c Wed Nov 28 18:42:34 2001
@@ -313,4 +313,4 @@
* c-continued-brace-offset: 0
* End:
*/
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertising clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp857.c linux/fs/nls/nls_cp857.c
--- linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp857.c Wed Nov 28 15:15:09 2001
+++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp857.c Wed Nov 28 18:43:07 2001
@@ -315,4 +315,4 @@
* c-continued-brace-offset: 0
* End:
*/
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertising clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp860.c linux/fs/nls/nls_cp860.c
--- linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp860.c Wed Nov 28 15:15:09 2001
+++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp860.c Wed Nov 28 18:45:14 2001
@@ -378,4 +378,4 @@
* c-continued-brace-offset: 0
* End:
*/
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertising clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp861.c linux/fs/nls/nls_cp861.c
--- linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp861.c Wed Nov 28 15:15:09 2001
+++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp861.c Wed Nov 28 18:43:42 2001
@@ -401,4 +401,4 @@
* c-continued-brace-offset: 0
* End:
*/
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertising clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp862.c linux/fs/nls/nls_cp862.c
--- linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp862.c Wed Nov 28 15:15:09 2001
+++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp862.c Wed Nov 28 18:43:50 2001
@@ -435,4 +435,4 @@
* c-continued-brace-offset: 0
* End:
*/
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertising clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp863.c linux/fs/nls/nls_cp863.c
--- linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp863.c Wed Nov 28 15:15:09 2001
+++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp863.c Wed Nov 28 18:43:59 2001
@@ -395,4 +395,4 @@
* c-continued-brace-offset: 0
* End:
*/
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertising clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp864.c linux/fs/nls/nls_cp864.c
--- linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp864.c Wed Nov 28 15:15:09 2001
+++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp864.c Wed Nov 28 18:44:07 2001
@@ -421,4 +421,4 @@
* c-continued-brace-offset: 0
* End:
*/
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertising clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp865.c linux/fs/nls/nls_cp865.c
--- linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp865.c Wed Nov 28 15:15:09 2001
+++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp865.c Wed Nov 28 18:44:16 2001
@@ -401,4 +401,4 @@
* c-continued-brace-offset: 0
* End:
*/
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertising clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp866.c linux/fs/nls/nls_cp866.c
--- linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp866.c Wed Nov 28 15:15:09 2001
+++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp866.c Wed Nov 28 18:44:36 2001
@@ -319,4 +319,4 @@
* c-continued-brace-offset: 0
* End:
*/
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertising clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp869.c linux/fs/nls/nls_cp869.c
--- linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp869.c Wed Nov 28 15:15:09 2001
+++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp869.c Wed Nov 28 18:44:43 2001
@@ -329,4 +329,4 @@
* c-continued-brace-offset: 0
* End:
*/
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertising clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff -urN linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp874.c linux/fs/nls/nls_cp874.c
--- linux-2.4.17-pre1/fs/nls/nls_cp874.c Wed Nov 28 15:15:09 2001
+++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp874.c Wed Nov 28 18:44:51 2001
@@ -287,4 +287,4 @@
* c-continued-brace-offset: 0
* End:
*/
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertising clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-28 23:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-28 22:00 Linux 2.4.17-pre1 Mikael Pettersson
2001-11-28 23:39 ` Alan Cox
2001-11-28 23:48 ` Robert Love [this message]
2001-11-29 0:05 ` Mark Hymers
2001-11-29 0:06 ` Robert Love
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-11-28 15:47 Marcelo Tosatti
2001-11-28 18:38 ` Andrey Nekrasov
2001-11-28 17:38 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-11-28 19:19 ` Tommy Reynolds
2001-11-29 2:56 ` Mike Fedyk
2001-11-29 3:13 ` Ken Brownfield
2001-11-29 3:30 ` Robert Love
2001-11-29 16:48 ` Marcelo Tosatti
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