Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:11:59 +0300 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] binfmt_som.c: add MODULE_LICENSE |
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On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 06:55:11PM -0600, Grant Grundler wrote: > +bdale@hp.com > > On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 12:11:55AM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > This patch adds the missing MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"). > > > > Reported-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> > > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> > > > > --- > > > > This patch has been sent on: > > - 15 Jun 2008 > > > > 4cec562181f818f16f072b9a14ca7a0ce6c66417 diff --git a/fs/binfmt_som.c b/fs/binfmt_som.c > > index fdc36bf..6d3bebb 100644 > > --- a/fs/binfmt_som.c > > +++ b/fs/binfmt_som.c > > @@ -308,3 +308,5 @@ static void __exit exit_som_binfmt(void) > > > > core_initcall(init_som_binfmt); > > module_exit(exit_som_binfmt); > > + > > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > > Someone from HP needs to ACK this patch since I believe HP funded the code > changes made during the parisc-linux port. This should be a no-brainer > and I expect Bdale Garbee can quickly take care of this.
Either the file is available since the beginning under the terms of the GPLv2 (or a compatible license that can be reduced to GPLv2) or it's addition to the kernel was a huge mistake.
> thanks, > grant
cu Adrian
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