Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:36:21 +0200 | From | Thomas Foerster <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.9-ac6 |
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> christophe =?iso-8859-1?Q?barb=E9?= <christophe.barbe@lineo.fr> writes:
>>Would it not be possible with your scheme to package a closed source driver >>in an open source wrapper driver and then defeat your tainting technique.
>>Is it legally possible to copyright a kind of magic number with a copyright >>allowing only it's used in open & public source driver ?
> Congratulations, you've just invented the Microsoft HW Labs > certification procedure with module signing. ;-)
> I can really see it:
> # insmod <module> > This module <module> is not signed with the Linus Torvalds Hardware > Certification Labs key.
> Do you want to
> a) insert the module anyway (Errors and Crashes from your kernel will > not be processed by major kernel developers > b) not insert the module > c) search for an alternative driver that is open source, download it, > compile it and use that instead of <module> > d) download a skeleton driver to write your own driver > e) install Microsoft Windows XP > f) exit
> -> f
LOL, that's the point!
What's about : linuxupdate.linux.org
;-)
Thomas
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