* [I4L] hfcpci missing MODULE_LICENSE
@ 2003-11-28 2:00 Tonnerre Anklin
2003-11-28 3:22 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tonnerre Anklin @ 2003-11-28 2:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List
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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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* Re: [I4L] hfcpci missing MODULE_LICENSE
2003-11-28 2:00 [I4L] hfcpci missing MODULE_LICENSE Tonnerre Anklin
@ 2003-11-28 3:22 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-11-28 23:40 ` Kai Germaschewski
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Valdis.Kletnieks @ 2003-11-28 3:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tonnerre Anklin
Cc: Kai Germaschewski, Werner Cornelius, Linux Kernel Mailing List
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On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 03:00:03 +0100, Tonnerre Anklin <thunder@keepsake.ch> said:
> If this is compiled as a module and then loaded, the kernel is tainted
> because of a missing module license.
True. However..
> Also, according to many european laws, software which is released
> under no license must not be used.
No way to verify this. I mostly understand the US copyright code as
it impacts my work, but have no idea what the other side of that puddle
does legally (and for that matter, I don't claim to know what the other
side of the other, even bigger, puddle is)...
> <URL:http://keepsake.keepsake.ch/~thunder/noyau/2.6.0-test11-ta1/hfcpci_license.xml>
which says: "I guess the license is meant to be GPL." And so it was almost
certainly intended to be.
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> MODULE_AUTHOR("Kai Germaschewski <kai.germaschewski@gmx.de>/Werner Cornelius <werner@isdn4linux.de>");
Unfortunately, neither you nor I nor anybody but Kai or Werner (or their
assignees) can do this, as I understand the law. The only proper resolutions
here are to get one of them to make some sort of statement (I suspect even a
"Yea, it's GPL, we just forgot the macro" e-mail from one of them would be good
enough), or to pull the code out of the 2.6.0 tree till it *is* resolved.
(Sorry to be a stickler, but this is the sort of thing that Darl and
company would love to make a point about - we *do* need to keep careful
track of the actual source and license status of every line....)
Kai? Werner? You out there?
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* Re: [I4L] hfcpci missing MODULE_LICENSE
2003-11-28 3:22 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
@ 2003-11-28 23:40 ` Kai Germaschewski
2003-11-28 23:52 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Kai Germaschewski @ 2003-11-28 23:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Valdis.Kletnieks
Cc: Tonnerre Anklin, Werner Cornelius, Linux Kernel Mailing List
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> which says: "I guess the license is meant to be GPL." And so it was almost
> certainly intended to be.
>
> > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > MODULE_AUTHOR("Kai Germaschewski <kai.germaschewski@gmx.de>/Werner Cornelius <werner@isdn4linux.de>");
>
>
> Unfortunately, neither you nor I nor anybody but Kai or Werner (or their
> assignees) can do this, as I understand the law. The only proper resolutions
> here are to get one of them to make some sort of statement (I suspect even a
> "Yea, it's GPL, we just forgot the macro" e-mail from one of them would be good
> enough), or to pull the code out of the 2.6.0 tree till it *is* resolved.
Yes, it's GPL, it actually even says so in the comment at the beginning of
the file. It's based on Werner's original driver which was GPL, and the
work I contributed to the Linux kernel is GPL too, of course.
--Kai
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* Re: [I4L] hfcpci missing MODULE_LICENSE
2003-11-28 23:40 ` Kai Germaschewski
@ 2003-11-28 23:52 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Valdis.Kletnieks @ 2003-11-28 23:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kai Germaschewski
Cc: Tonnerre Anklin, Werner Cornelius, Linux Kernel Mailing List
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On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 18:40:32 EST, Kai Germaschewski said:
> Yes, it's GPL, it actually even says so in the comment at the beginning of
> the file. It's based on Werner's original driver which was GPL, and the
> work I contributed to the Linux kernel is GPL too, of course.
OK.. Works for me. :)
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