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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:15:17 +0200
From: tomas szepe <kala@pinerecords.com>
To: Brian Beattie <alchemy@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
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Subject: Re: The tainted message
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> > > Warning: The module you have loaded (%s) does not seem to have an open
> > > 	 source license. Please send any kernel problem reports to the
> > > 	 author of this module, or duplicate them from a boot without
> > > 	 ever loading this module before reporting them to the community
> > > 	 or your Linux vendor
> > 
> > Perfect.  A little long, but otherwise nails it.
> > 
> Warning: The module (%s) does not seem to have a compatible license.
>          Please contact the supplier of this module regarding any
>          problems, or reproduce the problem after rebooting without
>          ever loading this module.
> 
> shorter?

I don't think you can strip the part about open-ness of the code --
it's an essential part of the explanation. And "any problems" might
be too broad.

Moreover, it would make sense - I believe - to include a conditional
like "Should you encounter problems after ...", as the message, as
it stands in this proposal, is rather scary: It seems to tell the
user to *do* expect problems.

T.


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