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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:

>
> This way, the module format doesn't change, but we can do additional
> verification in the loader.
>

I agree with Rusty Russell. Anything that we do can be circunvented.

If they are really into it, they can build a small tool to change the symbol
information from the module.

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? :)

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