Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261321AbUD1WIL (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:08:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261654AbUD1WIL (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:08:11 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:61404 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261321AbUD1WIJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:08:09 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 15:08:06 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Marc Boucher Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license Message-Id: <20040428150806.7572fb7c@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> In-Reply-To: References: <20040427165819.GA23961@valve.mbsi.ca> <1083107550.30985.122.camel@bach> <47B669B0-98A7-11D8-85DF-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> <1083117450.2152.222.camel@bach> <1EF114FF-98C4-11D8-85DF-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> <1083161029.3788.92.camel@localhost.localdomain> Organization: Open Source Development Lab X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.9claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 753 Lines: 23 On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 12:40:43 -0400 Marc Boucher wrote: lent majority. > > > If the "real-world" forces you to do something > > that gives up those rights (loading a binary module) the kernel should > > definitely > > make the user aware. > > The important part here is making the user aware, which we have clearly > done. > > Marc No, the important thing is to admit when you were *wrong* and fix the problem. But many people suffer from inability to admit a mistake (like GWB). - 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/