linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Ban module license tag string termination trick

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Date:	Fri, 2 Feb 2007 08:53:51 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
Cc:	Paul Rolland <rol@...917.net>,
	"'Linux Kernel Mailing List'" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'Andrew Morton'" <akpm@...l.org>,
	"'Jon Masters'" <jonathan@...masters.org>,
	"'Alexey Dobriyan'" <adobriyan@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Ban module license tag string termination trick

On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 16:11:11 +0100 (MET) Jan Engelhardt wrote:

> 
> On Feb 2 2007 15:53, Paul Rolland wrote:
> >
> >If that is really one important point, why not simply adding a :
> >MODULE_IS_UNDER_GPL_LICENSE("yes|no")
> >and a
> >MODULE_IS_UNDER_GPL_LIKE_LICENSE("yes|no")
> >
> >or use 0 and 1 instead of yes and no, and thus clearly avoid all the
> >C string mess ?
> 
> MODULE_IS_UNDER_GPL_LICENSE("yes\0 but only this .c file");


if (MODULE_LICENSE_contains_null(license))
	printk(KERN_WARNING "this module's license is suspicious\n");


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~Randy
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