Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:17:51 -0500 | From | Jon Masters <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Ban module license tag string termination trick |
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Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> Proposed patch to prohibit loading modules that use early C string > termination ("GPL\0 for nothing, folks!") to trick the kernel believing > it is loading a GPL driver.
Ok. I totally dig the *idea* here - I mean, this issue has been ongoing for a long time now. But I'd like to see a few comments as to whether we need a technological mechanism here to enforce the obvious. To me, it just seems totally obvious (any legal comment?) that early C string termination is undermining the intent of the MODULE_LICENSE tag.
The m-i-t patch seems ok and also cleans up the existing logic.
Jon.
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