change ppp_deflate.o module license string [was: ppp_deflate.o taints the kernel?]

Muli Ben-Yehuda (mulix@actcom.co.il)
Fri, 24 May 2002 21:49:35 +0300


Marcelo,

Please apply trivial patch to ppp_deflate.o to change module license
to dual BSD/GPL, like 2.5, in order to avoid needlessly tainting the
kernel.

diff -ur linux-2.4.19-pre8-vanilla/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.c linux-2.4.19-pre8/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.c
--- linux-2.4.19-pre8-vanilla/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.c Sun Sep 30 21:26:07 2001
+++ linux-2.4.19-pre8/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.c Fri May 24 21:43:44 2002
@@ -657,4 +657,4 @@

module_init(deflate_init);
module_exit(deflate_cleanup);
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertisement clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");

On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 04:31:11PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
>
> alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk said:
> > FAQ item - BSD license doesnt guarantee we have source. If its GPL
> > compatible someone should slap a GPL header on our copy and be done
> > with it
>
> It's already marked 'Dual BSD/GPL' in your tree and in 2.5, I believe.
> I fixed it when I did the zlib changes.

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