Potential nonfree code in Linux-libre

Jason Self jself at gnu.org
Fri Aug 27 14:04:33 UTC 2021


On Fri, 27 Aug 2021 01:13:33 -0300
Alexandre Oliva <lxoliva at fsfla.org> wrote:

> Opinions on arch/parisc/kernel/perf_images.h, anyone?
> These fragments have a regularity to them that doesn't suggest code,
> but despite the GPL applied to the file, there's a claim that it was
> all borrowed from HP-UX, which might be a reason to remove it.

I think to  remove it because of the questionable provenance, and I
doubt that anyone's using Linux-libre on such systems so it seems
unlikely that anyone would miss anything anyway.
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