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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license
Marc Boucher wrote:

> On Apr 27, 2004, at 1:25 PM, Adam Jaskiewicz wrote:

>> Would it not be better to simply place a notice in the readme
>> explaining what
>> the error messages mean, rather than working around the liscense checking
>> code? Educate the users, rather than fibbing.
>
>
> Good idea. We will try to clarify the matter in the docs for the next
> release.
> A lot of users don't read them though, so a proper fix remains necessary..

Does your company honestly feel that misleading the module loading tools is actually the proper way
to work around the issue of repetitive warning messages? This is blatently misleading and does not
reflect well, especially when the "GPL" directory mentioned in the source string is actually empty.

A "proper fix" begins with not attempting to mislead the kernel/tools about the license...

Chris

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