From: Chris Friesen <cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com>
To: jadevree@mtu.edu
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: hsf modem drivers lying about their license
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:18:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <408D6EB2.8060109@nortelnetworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040426195015.GA23220@icu2.csl.mtu.edu>
Jon DeVree wrote:
> Someone needs to take a look at the MODULE_LICENSE string reported by
> the HSF modem drivers made by LinuxAnt.
>
> http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/full/downloads.php
>
> They creatively inserted a \0 character in it.
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL\0for files in the \"GPL\" directory; for others,
> only LICENSE file applies");
>
> Runnning modinfo -F license on the compiled driver gives:
> GPL because of their creative null character. The actual license for most of
> the files is NOT GPL.
Ewww...that's evil.
Maybe we need to store the size of the license string for modinfo, so it doesn't stop at the first null?
Chris
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-04-26 20:19 UTC|newest]
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2004-04-26 19:50 hsf modem drivers lying about their license Jon DeVree
2004-04-26 20:18 ` Chris Friesen [this message]
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