Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262316AbUD2Avd (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2004 20:51:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262322AbUD2Avd (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2004 20:51:33 -0400 Received: from smtp107.mail.sc5.yahoo.com ([66.163.169.227]:63058 "HELO smtp107.mail.sc5.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262316AbUD2Av2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2004 20:51:28 -0400 Message-ID: <40904EF5.7080903@yahoo.com.au> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 10:40:21 +1000 From: Nick Piggin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040401 Debian/1.6-4 X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rik van Riel CC: Marc Boucher , Timothy Miller , lkml - Kernel Mailing List , Rusty Russell , David Gibson Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1100 Lines: 31 Rik van Riel wrote: > On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Marc Boucher wrote: > > >>At the same time, I think that the "community" should, without >>relinquishing its principles, be less eager before getting the facts to >>attack people and companies trying to help in good faith, and be more >>realistic when it comes to satisfying practical needs of ordinary >>users. > > > I wouldn't be averse to changing the text the kernel prints > when loading a module with an incompatible license. If the > text "$MOD_FOO: module license '$BLAH' taints kernel." upsets > the users, it's easy enough to change it. > > How about the following? > > "Due to $MOD_FOO's license ($BLAH), the Linux kernel community > cannot resolve problems you may encounter. Please contact > $MODULE_VENDOR for support issues." > I think something like that is much easier to decipher. - 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/