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

On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 21:47:36 +0100 (MET)
Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


On Feb 3 2007 10:31, David Schwartz wrote:

The way out of the GPL problem is to make clear that it is *not* a
copyright enforcement scheme

So why do we have EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL then, if

Because if you go around modifying code to get around it then regardless
of the DMCA question you are actively doing it and there is very clear
intent to do other than the right holder intended. In some ways its the
difference between walking through an open archway into a private area
and kicking the door down to get in.
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