From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263521AbUJ2UeE (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:34:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263516AbUJ2U3Q (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:29:16 -0400 Received: from willy.net1.nerim.net ([62.212.114.60]:42501 "EHLO willy.net1.nerim.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263521AbUJ2UYL (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:24:11 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 22:21:53 +0200 From: Willy Tarreau To: Dave Jones , Alan Cox , typo@shaw.ca, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Paulo Marques Subject: Re: Linuxant/Conexant HSF/HCF Modem Drivers Unlocked Message-ID: <20041029202153.GM19761@alpha.home.local> References: <1099032721.23148.5.camel@localhost> <418226FA.1030803@grupopie.com> <1099053788.4511.13.camel@localhost> <1099057814.13068.29.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20041029200011.GA18508@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041029200011.GA18508@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 09:00:12PM +0100, Dave Jones wrote: > On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 02:50:42PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > On Gwe, 2004-10-29 at 13:43, Chad Christopher Giffin wrote: > > > I still find myself deeply troubled and questioning the legalities of > > > using "GPL\0[...]" in the license string of a non-GPL module. As it is > > > a blatant lie. > > > > Oh its almost certainly a criminal offence in the USA - the DMCA for > > example. The \0 stupidity checker needs to go into the kernel. > > Copy protection arms-races are always fun. If we did this, no doubt > some enterprising individual would find that some other value > also has the same effect. You need to throw out anything else > thats non alphanumeric too. (plus '/' for 'Dual BSD/GPL' and friends) Use Pascal-like strings then. I see no way to fake them. Willy