Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 29 Oct 2004 22:21:53 +0200 | | From | Willy Tarreau <> | | Subject | Re: Linuxant/Conexant HSF/HCF Modem Drivers Unlocked |
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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
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