Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264222AbUD0Rxt (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:53:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264243AbUD0Rxt (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:53:49 -0400 Received: from [80.72.36.106] ([80.72.36.106]:35207 "EHLO alpha.polcom.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264222AbUD0Rxr (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:53:47 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 19:53:39 +0200 (CEST) From: Grzegorz Kulewski To: Chris Friesen Cc: Marc Boucher , Adam Jaskiewicz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license In-Reply-To: <408E9C59.2090502@nortelnetworks.com> Message-ID: References: <20040427165819.GA23961@valve.mbsi.ca> <408E9771.7020302@mtu.edu> <408E9C59.2090502@nortelnetworks.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1334 Lines: 33 On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Chris Friesen wrote: > 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... Maybe kernel should display warning only once per given licence or even once per boot (who needs warning about tainting tainted kernel?) Grzegorz Kulewski - 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/