Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 1 May 2004 15:32:05 -0400 (EDT) | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license |
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On Sat, 1 May 2004, Marc Boucher wrote:
> Most third-party module suppliers have been confronted with the same > issue > and forced to work around it (in other imperfect and sometimes clumsy > ways). > One of them redirects the messages to a separate file and appends > the following notice: > > > ******************************************************************** > > * You can safely ignore the above message about tainting the kernel. > > * It is completely political and means just that the maintainers of > > * of modutils package dislike software that is not distributed under > > * an open source license. > > ********************************************************************
What's the difference between that and the dialog box Microsoft Windows gives when you try and install an unsigned or non WHQL driver? In fact they make a much greater deal about it than our one printk.
Zwane
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