On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Greg KH wrote:
On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 08:53:46AM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote:+/*
+ * List of acceptable module-license strings.
+ */
+static const char *licok[]= {
+ "GPL",
+ "GPL v2",
+ "CPL and additional rights",
The CPL is very different from the GPL and the two are not compatible,
so this isn't an acceptable patch.
thanks,
greg k-h
Right and it wasn't that way when the patch was generated and
C and G are so far apart it couldn't be a typo so I don't
know why it shows up that way.
Script started on Mon 18 Oct 2004 01:10:46 PM EDT
# grep GPL sent-mail
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");iriUIyCrAzt70kZPD/T3qtlHKJ+UwCGrMj1c6GPLs/J0VFvR2NEqY369qAC7
If you can reproduce the same problem with some GPL version of
a bug report. This whole GPL thing has taken a real stupid* lawyer, and require that a GPL License exist for every kernelGPL licensing. It provides help in understanding what symbols are
source or GPL information.
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");iriUIyCrAzt70kZPD/T3qtlHKJ+UwCGrMj1c6GPLs/J0VFvR2NEqY369qAC7
+ "GPL",
+ "GPL v2",
+ "GPL and additional rights",
+ "Dual BSD/GPL",
+ "Dual MPL/GPL",
- return (strcmp(license, "GPL") == 0
- || strcmp(license, "GPL v2") == 0
- || strcmp(license, "GPL and additional rights") == 0
- || strcmp(license, "Dual BSD/GPL") == 0
- || strcmp(license, "Dual MPL/GPL") == 0);
+ "GPL",
+ "GPL v2",
+ "GPL and additional rights",
+ "Dual BSD/GPL",
+ "Dual MPL/GPL",
- return (strcmp(license, "GPL") == 0
- || strcmp(license, "GPL v2") == 0
- || strcmp(license, "GPL and additional rights") == 0
- || strcmp(license, "Dual BSD/GPL") == 0
- || strcmp(license, "Dual MPL/GPL") == 0);
# bye+ "GPL",^^^ GPL
+ "GPL v2",
bash: bye: command not found
# exit
Script done on Mon 18 Oct 2004 01:11:05 PM EDT
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.8 on an i686 machine (5537.79 BogoMips).
Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction.
+ "GPL v2",^^^ GPL