Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264247AbUD0SQX (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:16:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264273AbUD0SNF (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:13:05 -0400 Received: from wirefire.bureaudepost.com ([66.38.187.209]:21933 "EHLO oasis.linuxant.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264263AbUD0SKL (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:10:11 -0400 In-Reply-To: <408E9C59.2090502@nortelnetworks.com> References: <20040427165819.GA23961@valve.mbsi.ca> <408E9771.7020302@mtu.edu> <408E9C59.2090502@nortelnetworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v613) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <1DCA0B77-9876-11D8-85DF-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Adam Jaskiewicz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Marc Boucher Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:10:08 -0400 To: Chris Friesen X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.613) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1345 Lines: 43 On Apr 27, 2004, at 1:46 PM, 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. It is a purely technical workaround. There is nothing misleading to the human eye, and the GPL directory isn't empty; it is included in full in our generic .tar.gz, rpm and .deb packages. Marc -- Marc Boucher President Linuxant inc. http://www.linuxant.com - 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/