Re: [hsflinux] [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying abouttheir license

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Giuliano Colla wrote:
> It may make sense not to have anything left in the GPL directory in a
> binary only .rpm package, because once linked GPL parts cannot be told
> apart from non-GPL ones.

When speaking about loadable kernel modules: yes they can! That's what
modinfo(8) is for!

Oh wait, someone played tricks with a \0 character...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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