From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 10:43:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 10:43:24 -0400 Received: from ns1.n-online.net ([195.30.220.100]:46609 "HELO mohawk.n-online.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 10:43:15 -0400 Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:36:21 +0200 From: Thomas Foerster To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.9-ac6 X-Mailer: Thomas Foerster's registered AK-Mail 3.11 [ger] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20010905144317Z272191-760+9716@vger.kernel.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > christophe =?iso-8859-1?Q?barb=E9?= writes: >>Would it not be possible with your scheme to package a closed source driver >>in an open source wrapper driver and then defeat your tainting technique. >>Is it legally possible to copyright a kind of magic number with a copyright >>allowing only it's used in open & public source driver ? > Congratulations, you've just invented the Microsoft HW Labs > certification procedure with module signing. ;-) > I can really see it: > # insmod > This module is not signed with the Linus Torvalds Hardware > Certification Labs key. > Do you want to > a) insert the module anyway (Errors and Crashes from your kernel will > not be processed by major kernel developers > b) not insert the module > c) search for an alternative driver that is open source, download it, > compile it and use that instead of > d) download a skeleton driver to write your own driver > e) install Microsoft Windows XP > f) exit > -> f LOL, that's the point! What's about : linuxupdate.linux.org ;-) Thomas