From: Denis Vlasenko <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
To: Marc Boucher <marc@linuxant.com>, Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 01:41:09 +0300
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On Wednesday 28 April 2004 19:15, Marc Boucher wrote:

> > I believe you have to remove the \0 to operate legally (or release the
> > full source under the GPL for real.)
> > Your customer's problem is fixable though.  Either by also changing
> > the logging level
> > so the message doesn't go out on the console, or by patching the line
> > with that printk() out of your customer's kernel.
> > You can do this as a part of your install program.  If it gets too
> > hard, consider
> > supplying the customer with your own precompiled kernel.
>
> Thank you for the advice. However, if you knew our customers and
> understood their needs better you would realize that these are not
> feasible options.

I think you have to live with multiple warning messages,
at least until Rusty's patch propagate to mainline.
It's not fatal.
--
vda

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