Re: Linuxant/Conexant HSF/HCF Modem Drivers Unlocked

[Andreas Steinmetz]

Dave Jones wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 02:50:42PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
>  > On Gwe, 2004-10-29 at 13:43, Chad Christopher Giffin wrote:
>  > > I still find myself deeply troubled and questioning the legalities of
>  > > using "GPL\0[...]" in the license string of a non-GPL module.  As it is
>  > > a blatant lie.  
>  > 
>  > Oh its almost certainly a criminal offence in the USA - the DMCA for
>  > example. The \0 stupidity checker needs to go into the kernel.
>
> Copy protection arms-races are always fun. If we did this, no doubt
> some enterprising individual would find that some other value
> also has the same effect.  You need to throw out anything else
> thats non alphanumeric too.  (plus '/' for 'Dual BSD/GPL' and friends)

How about 'GPL\rMy real license'? Which means: yes, you're absolutely right.
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