Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268474AbUJOVTT (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:19:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268457AbUJOVTD (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:19:03 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:19906 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268447AbUJOVSz (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:18:55 -0400 Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:18:09 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Lee Revell Cc: root@chaos.analogic.com, David Woodhouse , Josh Boyer , gene.heskett@verizon.net, Linux kernel , Roman Zippel , David Howells , "Rusty Russell (IBM)" , Arjan van de Ven , Joy Latten Subject: Re: Fw: signed kernel modules? Message-ID: <20041015211809.GA27783@kroah.com> 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> <1097873791.5119.10.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1097873791.5119.10.camel@krustophenia.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 976 Lines: 26 On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 04:56:33PM -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > 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. If you have a BSD licensed module, you do not have to provide the source code for it. Dual BSD/GPL licensed modules do not change the taint flag. greg k-h - 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/