Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264595AbUD1B6k (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 21:58:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264596AbUD1B6j (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 21:58:39 -0400 Received: from ausmtp01.au.ibm.com ([202.81.18.186]:21216 "EHLO ausmtp01.au.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264595AbUD1B6g (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 21:58:36 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license From: Rusty Russell To: Marc Boucher Cc: pmarques@grupopie.com, lkml - Kernel Mailing List , malda@slashdot.org, c-d.hailfinger.kernel.2004@gmx.net, Linus Torvalds , jon787@tesla.resnet.mtu.edu In-Reply-To: <47B669B0-98A7-11D8-85DF-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> References: <20040427165819.GA23961@valve.mbsi.ca> <1083107550.30985.122.camel@bach> <47B669B0-98A7-11D8-85DF-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1083117450.2152.222.camel@bach> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:57:30 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1258 Lines: 33 On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 10:02, Marc Boucher wrote: > In other cases, we have gladly submitted patches when we > encountered bugs and > could fix them. Had we known that the module fix was so simple, it > would of course have been > submitted it to you in parallel. Let me spell it out. You deceived users by circumventing a check designed to tell them that their kernel was tainted. You deceived maintainers who receive "untainted" bug reports. In a way, you lied directly to the kernel community: the module code is our agent in checking module licenses. That you've been doing it for a while, or that you didn't spend significant time investigating alternatives or talking to the maintainer about your problem only compounds the damage. That I know and like you only heightens my disappointment. Hence I stand by my original comment: This shows a lack of integrity that I find personally repulsive. Hope that clarifies, Rusty. -- Anyone who quotes me in their signature is an idiot -- Rusty Russell - 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/