Re: Fw: signed kernel modules?

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Richard B. Johnson wrote:

> 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");
> > If you can reproduce the same problem with some GPL version of
> iriUIyCrAzt70kZPD/T3qtlHKJ+UwCGrMj1c6GPLs/J0VFvR2NEqY369qAC7
> > >  *   lawyer, and require that a GPL License exist for every kernel
> > GPL licensing. It provides help in understanding what symbols are
> > source or GPL information.
> a bug report. This whole GPL thing has taken a real stupid
> > 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);
> > > +    "GPL",
> > > +    "GPL v2",
> >        ^^^  GPL
> # bye
> 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.

Single-bit error somewhere.

G = 0x47
C = 0x43

> > > +    "GPL v2",
> >        ^^^  GPL

... from the 'grep' above.

When somebody sent me a correction, it didn't appear here
as though it needed correction but I sent it again.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.8 on an i686 machine (5537.79 BogoMips).
            Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction.

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