Re: Non-standard MODULE_LICENSEs in 2.4.13-ac2

[H. Peter Anvin]

Followup to:  <[e-mail]>
By author:    Alan Cox <[e-mail]>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> > but I think you are confusing intent with implementation.  The intent
> > (AFAICS) is to mark the kernel tainted ONLY if a closed-source module
> > is loaded, rather than to be a "license police" mechanism, especially
> > for sources that have been included in the kernel for a long time.
> 
> "BSD" can indicate totally closed source material as well as other stuff
> 

I was thinking about that, and that doesn't seem right to me -- you
can make closed-source derivative works based on BSD but I would
typically not refer to them as "BSD" license (think SunOS 4.1 here...)

> 
> Also Keith is right - if it is GPL compatible BSD code linked with the
> kernel then its correct to describe it as Dual BSD/GPL anyway
> 

I think the idea of making a standard set of macros available is a
good idea for two reasons:

a) It avoids mispellings;

b) It makes it possible to apply standard definitions to the codified
   strings.

	-hpa

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