Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Tainting kernels for non-GPL or forced modules | Date | Sat, 22 Sep 2001 17:05:52 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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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
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