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SubjectAllowing only "-g" compiled modules! (was: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license)
On Fri, 2004-04-30 12:37:26 -0700, Hua Zhong <hzhong@cisco.com>
wrote in message <00b201c42eea$916f6c40$ca41cb3f@amer.cisco.com>:

> user have a choice. A working computer which occasionally crashes is still
> better to the user than a stable computer which doesn't do the job.

WHAT!? I'm sorry, but to my eyes, an unstable computer is worth nothing.
If I can't somewhat trust my machine, I'll take paper and pencil...

However, I don't see a solution towards stopping companies from making
(partially) binary-only drivers.

Maybe we'd start to put more effort into disassemblers/re-assemblers and
code-generators from disassembly dumps.

Maybe we can use a simple solution: Only allow modules that contain full
debug info :)

MfG, JBG

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