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

Jon
2004-04-27T16:19:12Z

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On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 09:43:12AM -0400, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> I don't see a need to get all complicated about this.
> This is simple, really: since a C string ends at the
> '\0', the module has been declared to be GPL code.
> We shouldn't care if that C string is part of a larger
> array. This is a damn obvious case of willful circumvention
> of copyright control, access control, digital rights
> management, etc.
>
> Unleash the sharks.
>
I did, you're on slashdot
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/27/1435217
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Jon
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