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

Rik van Riel
2004-04-28T23:24:45Z

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Paulo Marques wrote:

> 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.
>
> So, where the source code? :)

Definitely my favorite approach of dealing with these
people. Does anybody know whether their modules use
any EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL symbols and whether they touch
any code I could claim copyright on ?

If it touches any of my code, where should I mail the
cease & desist ? ;)

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