ppp_deflate.o taints the kernel?

Salutations,

The ppp_deflate.o module has the license string "BSD without advertisement clause". Loading this module appears to taint the kernel, which agrees with the allowed licenses list in include/module.h, and with list in latest modutils (2.4.16), obj/obj_gpl_license, where this license string does not appear.

I plead an utter lack of clue in regards to licenses, but assume that it's GPL compatible if it's distributed with the kernel. In that case, shouldn't it be added to the license list?

Thanks,

Monday 1 Forelithe 7466

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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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dwmw2

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
@@ -657,4 +657,4 @@
 
 module_init(deflate_init);
 module_exit(deflate_cleanup);
-MODULE_LICENSE("BSD without advertisement clause");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");

Trewsday 2 Forelithe 7466

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