Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Jul 2002 19:04:02 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Generic modules documentation is outdated |
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On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Yann Dirson wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 11:48:41PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 22:02, Yann Dirson wrote: > > > - I have installed no proprietary driver, all loaded drivers declare to be > > > "GPL" or "Dual BSD/GPL". > > > > Something you loaded was missing a MODULE_LICENSE tag - modern insmod > > will warn on this one > > I wrote: > > I found a good candidate in the Apple HFS module > > Hm, no, I found the real one (although HFS has the problem): > > # modprobe ppp_deflate > Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.18+preempt/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - BSD without advertisement clause > > I'm pretty sure the "BSD without advertisement clause" license should not > taint the kernel, should it ? > > And even if there is an obscure license incompatibility, there is a problem > in that this module is in the stock kernels, and should then be advertised > as such (or maybe removed). > > Regards, > -- > Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org> | Why make M$-Bill richer & richer ? > Debian-related: <dirson@debian.org> | Support Debian GNU/Linux: > Pro: <yann.dirson@fr.alcove.com> | Freedom, Power, Stability, Gratuity > http://ydirson.free.fr/ | Check <http://www.debian.org/>
Of course, you can fix all this stuff by executing this ;^)
#!/bin/bash # Temporarily fixes existing modules to contain the GPL symbol #
TMPF=/tmp/Abradabrca VER=`uname -r`
cat >${TMPF}.c <<EOF #define __KERNEL__ #define MODULE #include <linux/module.h> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); EOF gcc -Wall -O2 -c -o ${TMPF}.o ${TMPF}.c for x in `find /lib/modules/${VER} -name "*.o"` ; do echo $x ; cp $x /tmp/x.o ; ld -r /tmp/x.o ${TMPF}.o -o /tmp/y.o ; cp /tmp/y.o $x ; done echo "Fixed!" rm -f ${TMPF} /tmp/x.o /tmp/y.o
Don't you love it when somebody undoes all this "lawyer" stuff!
Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.18 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Windows-2000/Professional isn't.
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