Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license

Pavel Machek
2004-04-28T20:53:15Z

Hi!

> 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.

If you use modinfo, license probably will be displayed as GPL.
I'd guess that sending bunch of lawyers their way is right solution.
Pavel
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