Messages in this thread |  | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.9-ac6 | Date | Wed, 05 Sep 2001 11:51:11 +1000 |
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On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 15:05:29 +0200, Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de> wrote: >On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 02:50:47AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: >> 2.4.9-ac6 >> o Add MODULE_LICENSE tags to telephony (Robert Love) >> o Add MODULE_LICENSE tags to drivers/video (Robert Love) >> o Add MODULE_LICENSE tags to zorro (Robert Love) > >what's the point of such information? If something I would understand to >specify the licence of a module when it's _not_ GPL.
The next version of insmod will warn about modules with no MODULE_LICENSE at all and inform about modules with proprietary licences. Both cases will mark the kenrel as tainted which will show up on bug reports.
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