Messages in this thread |  | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Tainting kernels for non-GPL or forced modules | Date | Sat, 22 Sep 2001 23:15:29 +1000 |
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I have started work on the patch for /proc/sys/kernel/tainted with the corresponding modutils and ksymoops changes. insmod of a non-GPL module ORs /proc/sys/kernel/tainted with 1, insmod -f ORs with 2.
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.
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