From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 24 May 2002 14:52:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 24 May 2002 14:52:38 -0400 Received: from line103-203.adsl.actcom.co.il ([192.117.103.203]:55301 "HELO alhambra.merseine.nu") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 24 May 2002 14:52:37 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 21:49:35 +0300 From: Muli Ben-Yehuda To: Marcelo Tosatti Cc: David Woodhouse , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: change ppp_deflate.o module license string [was: ppp_deflate.o taints the kernel?] Message-ID: <20020524214935.B18922@actcom.co.il> In-Reply-To: <29311.1022254271@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Marcelo, Please apply trivial patch to ppp_deflate.o to change module license to dual BSD/GPL, like 2.5, in order to avoid needlessly tainting the kernel. diff -ur linux-2.4.19-pre8-vanilla/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.c linux-2.4.19-pre8/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.c --- linux-2.4.19-pre8-vanilla/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.c Sun Sep 30 21:26:07 2001 +++ linux-2.4.19-pre8/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.c Fri May 24 21:43:44 2002 @@ -657,4 +657,4 @@ module_init(deflate_init); module_exit(deflate_cleanup); -MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertisement clause"); +MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL"); On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 04:31:11PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > > alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk said: > > FAQ item - BSD license doesnt guarantee we have source. If its GPL > > compatible someone should slap a GPL header on our copy and be done > > with it > > It's already marked 'Dual BSD/GPL' in your tree and in 2.5, I believe. > I fixed it when I did the zlib changes. -- Trewsday 2 Forelithe 7466 http://vipe.technion.ac.il/~mulix/ http://syscalltrack.sf.net/