Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751947AbWLNScG (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:32:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751970AbWLNScG (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:32:06 -0500 Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net ([216.148.227.152]:36788 "EHLO rwcrmhc12.comcast.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751947AbWLNScF (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:32:05 -0500 Message-ID: <45819404.4080109@wolfmountaingroup.com> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:12:20 -0700 From: "Jeff V. Merkey" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050921 Red Hat/1.7.12-1.4.1 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Martin J. Bligh" 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> <4581916C.9060008@mbligh.org> In-Reply-To: <4581916C.9060008@mbligh.org> 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: 2056 Lines: 65 Martin J. Bligh wrote: > 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? Yeah, like that one. WITH THE POLITICAL AGENDA CODE REMOVED. Jeff > > 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/