Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268370AbUJOVJ0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:09:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268439AbUJOVJ0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:09:26 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:2978 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S268370AbUJOVJV (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:09:21 -0400 Subject: Re: Fw: signed kernel modules? From: Lee Revell To: root@chaos.analogic.com Cc: David Woodhouse , Josh Boyer , gene.heskett@verizon.net, Linux kernel , Roman Zippel , David Howells , "Rusty Russell (IBM)" , Greg KH , Arjan van de Ven , Joy Latten In-Reply-To: References: <27277.1097702318@redhat.com> <1097843492.29988.6.camel@weaponx.rchland.ibm.com> <200410151153.08527.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <1097857049.29988.29.camel@weaponx.rchland.ibm.com> <1097860121.13633.358.camel@hades.cambridge.redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1097873791.5119.10.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 16:56:33 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 824 Lines: 22 On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 13:35, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > You just don't get it. This is policy. > > Script started on Fri 15 Oct 2004 01:13:59 PM EDT > # insmod xxx.ko > xxx: module license 'BSD' taints kernel. > # exit > Script done on Fri 15 Oct 2004 01:14:26 PM EDT OK, now _this_ is undeniably policy, I would go so far as to call it bullshit. There is a fundamental technical reason to have closed source modules taint the kernel, because you cannot debug a closed source module. But come on, a BSD license tainting the kernel? That is zealotry, pure and simple. Lee - 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/