Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751942AbWLNSFi (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:05:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751949AbWLNSFi (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:05:38 -0500 Received: from dvhart.com ([64.146.134.43]:52010 "EHLO dvhart.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751942AbWLNSFh (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:05:37 -0500 Message-ID: <4581916C.9060008@mbligh.org> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:01:16 -0800 From: "Martin J. Bligh" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060922) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jeff V. Merkey" Cc: Linus Torvalds , David Woodhouse , Greg KH , Jonathan Corbet , Andrew Morton , "Michael K. Edwards" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] References: <20061214003246.GA12162@suse.de> <22299.1166057009@lwn.net> <20061214005532.GA12790@suse.de> <1166084480.5253.849.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <45818AFF.4060809@wolfmountaingroup.com> In-Reply-To: <45818AFF.4060809@wolfmountaingroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1884 Lines: 49 Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > Again, I agree with EVERY statement Linus made here. We operate exactly > as Linus describes, and > legally, NO ONE can take us to task on GPL issues. We post patches of > affected kernel code > (albiet the code resembles what Linus describes as a "skeleton driver") > and our proprietary > non derived code we sell with our appliances. Yeah, like this one? ftp://ftp.soleranetworks.com/pub/solera/dsfs/FedoraCore6/datascout-only-2.6.18-11-13-06.patch @@ -1316,8 +1316,8 @@ mod->license_gplok = license_is_gpl_compatible(license); if (!mod->license_gplok && !(tainted & TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE)) { - printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: module license '%s' taints kernel.\n", - mod->name, license); +// printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: module license '%s' taints kernel.\n", +// mod->name, license); add_taint(TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE); } } @@ -1691,10 +1691,10 @@ /* Set up license info based on the info section */ set_license(mod, get_modinfo(sechdrs, infoindex, "license")); - if (strcmp(mod->name, "ndiswrapper") == 0) - add_taint(TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE); - if (strcmp(mod->name, "driverloader") == 0) - add_taint(TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE); +// if (strcmp(mod->name, "ndiswrapper") == 0) +// add_taint(TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE); +// if (strcmp(mod->name, "driverloader") == 0) +// add_taint(TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE); /* Set up MODINFO_ATTR fields */ setup_modinfo(mod, sechdrs, infoindex); - 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/