Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:45:29 +0000
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jon Masters <jonathan@jonmasters.org>,
       Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
       Giridhar Pemmasani <pgiri@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux
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> - it's a fair game to taint the kernel in some way if ndiswrapper has
> been loaded at some point, since tainting per se is just an indicator
> that the kernel has been used in an unsupportable way

That's all the patch appears to do. Se the taint flag.

> - if this change stands, ndiswrapper will be renamed, which would only
> create more confusion and would thus defeat the purpose of tainting

Not a productive approach. It will only harm support for everyone.
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