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    SubjectRe: Tainting kernels for non-GPL or forced modules
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    > What to do about modules with no license?  Complain and taint or
    > silently ignore? A lot of modules in -ac14 have no MODULE_LICENSE,
    > probably because they have no MODULE_AUTHOR. IMHO the default should
    > be complain and taint, even though it will generate lots of newbie
    > questions to l-k.

    I still have many to do. What would help me no end would be a version of
    depmod or similar which warned about modules with

    o No description
    o No author
    o No license tag

    Then we can stage a concerted clean up run

    Alan
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