Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:43:59 -0700
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rusty@rustcorp.com.au,
        Alex Lyashkov <umka@cloudlinux.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Taint kernel when lve module is loaded
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On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 01:49:31PM -0400, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Cloudlinux have a product called lve that includes a kernel module. This
> was previously GPLed but is now under a proprietary license, but the
> module continues to declare MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") and makes use of some
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL symbols. Forcibly taint it in order to avoid this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
> Cc: Alex Lyashkov <umka@cloudlinux.com>
> ---
>  kernel/module.c |    4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Do you have a pointer to this code anywhere?  Lying about the license to
the kernel is a pretty blatent thing to do and I'd like to have some
people follow up on that issue.

thanks,

greg k-h
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