Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:09:11 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] |
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On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 01:47:21PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:32:50 -0800 > Martin Bligh <mbligh@mbligh.org> wrote: > > > So let's come out and ban binary modules, rather than pussyfooting > > around, if that's what we actually want to do. > > Give people 12 months warning (time to work out what they're going to do, > talk with the legal dept, etc) then make the kernel load only GPL-tagged > modules. > > I think I'd favour that. It would aid those people who are trying to > obtain device specs, and who are persuading organisations to GPL their drivers.
Ok, I have no objection to that at all. I'll whip up such a patch in a bit to spit out kernel log messages whenever such a module is loaded so that people have some warning.
thanks,
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