From: Tonnerre Anklin <thunder@keepsake.ch>
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [I4L] hfcpci missing MODULE_LICENSE
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 03:00:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031128020003.GG1635@dbintra.dmz.lightweight.ods.org> (raw)
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Salut,
If this is compiled as a module and then loaded, the kernel is tainted
because of a missing module license.
Also, according to many european laws, software which is released
under no license must not be used.
More on this patch can be found at
<URL:http://keepsake.keepsake.ch/~thunder/noyau/2.6.0-test11-ta1/hfcpci_license.xml>
Thunder
diff -Nur linux-2.6.0-test9-mm3/drivers/isdn/hisax/hisax_hfcpci.c linux-2.6.0-test9-mm3-ta1/drivers/isdn/hisax/hisax_hfcpci.c
--- linux-2.6.0-test9-mm3/drivers/isdn/hisax/hisax_hfcpci.c 2003-10-08 21:24:04.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.0-test9-mm3-ta1/drivers/isdn/hisax/hisax_hfcpci.c 2003-11-24 13:30:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
MODULE_PARM(debug, "i");
#endif
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Kai Germaschewski <kai.germaschewski@gmx.de>/Werner Cornelius <werner@isdn4linux.de>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("HFC PCI ISDN driver");
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next reply other threads:[~2003-11-28 2:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-28 2:00 Tonnerre Anklin [this message]
2003-11-28 3:22 ` [I4L] hfcpci missing MODULE_LICENSE Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-11-28 23:40 ` Kai Germaschewski
2003-11-28 23:52 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
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