* loading ./cryptfs.o will taint the kernel
@ 2002-03-09 22:13 brian
2002-03-09 22:38 ` Alan Cox
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From: brian @ 2002-03-09 22:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
loading ./cryptfs.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - LGPL
I have long thought that I understood the reasoning behind "taint" and
binary drivers.
However, cryptfs is available with complete source code, so I presume
the "undebug-able" argument doesn't apply.
So what is the big deal?
--
Brian Litzinger <brian@worldcontrol.com>
Copyright (c) 2002 By Brian Litzinger, All Rights Reserved
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* Re: loading ./cryptfs.o will taint the kernel
2002-03-09 22:13 loading ./cryptfs.o will taint the kernel brian
@ 2002-03-09 22:38 ` Alan Cox
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From: Alan Cox @ 2002-03-09 22:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: brian; +Cc: linux-kernel
> loading ./cryptfs.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - LGPL
>
> I have long thought that I understood the reasoning behind "taint" and
> binary drivers.
>
> However, cryptfs is available with complete source code, so I presume
> the "undebug-able" argument doesn't apply.
>
> So what is the big deal?
Sounds like someone put the wrong MODULE_LICENSE() tag on it. An LGPL item
combined with a GPL work gives you a GPL result (see the LGPL notes on the
matter). So the kernel module tag ought to be GPL
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