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

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Trent Waddington wrote:
On 2/2/07, Jon Masters <[email protected]> wrote:
Ok. I totally dig the *idea* here - I mean, this issue has been ongoing
for a long time now. But I'd like to see a few comments as to whether we
need a technological mechanism here to enforce the obvious. To me, it
just seems totally obvious (any legal comment?) that early C string
termination is undermining the intent of the MODULE_LICENSE tag.

I'm not a lawyer, but I can tell you exactly what a lawyer would say:

  "well, ya know, it's hard to say when it comes to these issues"

that's the answer to *any* copyright question.  :)

to me it even screams "bypassing or a digital copyright enforcement system". that sounds really close to "D.M.C.A. violation" :)

thank goodness I'm not a laywer...

Auke
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