Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:50:24 -0600 | From | jmerkey <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] DSFS Network Forensic File System for Linux Patches |
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Diego Calleja wrote:
>El Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:27:47 -0600, >"Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@soleranetworks.com> escribió: > > > >> >>NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover user programs that use kernel >> services by normal system calls - this is merely considered normal use >> of the kernel, and does *not* fall under the heading of "derived work". >> Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software >> Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers to (the linux >> kernel) is copyrighted by me and others who actually wrote it. >> >> > >So, that means that DSFS runs on userspace? (We can't see the source >so it'd be nice to know how DSFS works) > >Also, I'm curious about this piece of code on your patch: >ftp://ftp.soleranetworks.com/pub/dsfs/datascout-only-2.6.9-06-28-05.patch > >- printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: module license '%s' taints kernel.\n", >- mod->name, license); >+// printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: module license '%s' taints kernel.\n", >+// mod->name, license); > >I mean, nvidia people also use propietary code in the kernel (probably >violating the GPL anyway) and don't do such things. > > > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > I disagree with the language and the characterization that our proprietary user application code is "tainted."
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