Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Fri, 24 May 2002 21:49:35 +0300 | From | Muli Ben-Yehuda <> | Subject | change ppp_deflate.o module license string [was: ppp_deflate.o taints the kernel?] |
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Marcelo,
Please apply trivial patch to ppp_deflate.o to change module license to dual BSD/GPL, like 2.5, in order to avoid needlessly tainting the kernel.
diff -ur linux-2.4.19-pre8-vanilla/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.c linux-2.4.19-pre8/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.c --- linux-2.4.19-pre8-vanilla/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.c Sun Sep 30 21:26:07 2001 +++ linux-2.4.19-pre8/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.c Fri May 24 21:43:44 2002 @@ -657,4 +657,4 @@ module_init(deflate_init); module_exit(deflate_cleanup); -MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertisement clause"); +MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL"); On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 04:31:11PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > > alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk said: > > FAQ item - BSD license doesnt guarantee we have source. If its GPL > > compatible someone should slap a GPL header on our copy and be done > > with it > > It's already marked 'Dual BSD/GPL' in your tree and in 2.5, I believe. > I fixed it when I did the zlib changes. -- Trewsday 2 Forelithe 7466
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