From: Sean Estabrooks <seanlkml@rogers.com>
To: Marc Boucher <marc@linuxant.com>
Cc: rusty@rustcorp.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
riel@redhat.com,
tconnors+linuxkernel1083378452@astro.swin.edu.au,
mbligh@aracnet.com, torvalds@osdl.org, nico@cam.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clarify message and give support contact for non-GPL modules
Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 17:53:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040501175319.6e34ebb5.seanlkml@rogers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3F6634E3-9BB9-11D8-B83D-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com>
On Sat, 1 May 2004 17:48:14 -0400
Marc Boucher <marc@linuxant.com> wrote:
> Sean,
>
> I think that your wording is problematic, because:
>
> - A module with non-GPL license could be distributed in source form.
That's not a problem. Feel free to add other checks to suppress this
message for other licenses.
> - Its author can also be an individual or organization, not necessarily
> a vendor.
Please suggest a better word than vendor so I can update the patch.
> - The word "tainted" is confusing and needlessly scary for average
> users.
The FACT is the kernel is TAINTED. It's important that the user
understand why so that when they see TAINTED message in OOPS
they are not confused.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-05-01 21:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <009701c42edf$25e47390$ca41cb3f@amer.cisco.com>
2004-04-30 19:19 ` [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license Linus Torvalds
2004-04-30 19:37 ` Hua Zhong
2004-04-30 22:47 ` Allowing only "-g" compiled modules! (was: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license) Jan-Benedict Glaw
2004-04-30 20:11 ` [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license Marc Boucher
2004-04-30 20:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-04-30 20:39 ` Marc Boucher
2004-04-30 20:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-04-30 20:53 ` Marc Boucher
2004-04-30 21:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-04-30 21:10 ` Timothy Miller
2004-04-30 20:46 ` Sean Estabrooks
2004-04-30 20:34 ` Stefan Smietanowski
2004-04-30 20:47 ` A compromise that could have been reached. " Timothy Miller
2004-04-30 21:07 ` Marc Boucher
2004-04-30 21:16 ` Rik van Riel
2004-04-30 21:38 ` Timothy Miller
2004-04-30 22:05 ` Marc Boucher
2004-05-01 2:36 ` Tim Connors
2004-05-01 0:40 ` Jorge Bernal
2004-05-01 5:07 ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-05-01 19:12 ` Marc Boucher
2004-05-01 19:27 ` Davide Libenzi
2004-05-01 19:32 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-05-01 19:33 ` Sean Estabrooks
2004-05-01 22:14 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-05-01 19:47 ` Nicolas Pitre
2004-05-01 20:53 ` [PATCH] clarify message and give support contact for non-GPL modules Marc Boucher
2004-05-01 21:34 ` Sean Estabrooks
2004-05-01 21:48 ` Marc Boucher
2004-05-01 21:53 ` Sean Estabrooks [this message]
2004-05-01 22:22 ` Sean Estabrooks
2004-05-01 22:53 ` Marc Boucher
2004-05-01 23:10 ` viro
2004-05-02 7:04 ` Xavier Bestel
2004-05-04 17:06 ` Timothy Miller
2004-05-01 22:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-05-01 23:28 ` Marc Boucher
2004-05-02 0:22 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-05-02 1:02 ` Marc Boucher
2004-05-02 12:43 ` Sean Estabrooks
2004-05-02 13:05 ` Paul Rolland
2004-05-02 15:35 ` Marc Boucher
2004-05-02 15:45 ` Sean Estabrooks
2004-05-04 17:09 ` Timothy Miller
2004-05-01 20:47 ` [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license Martin J. Bligh
2004-05-01 20:58 ` Marc Boucher
2004-05-03 0:04 ` Horst von Brand
[not found] ` <40929F5B.9090603@techsource.com>
2004-04-30 18:58 ` Hua Zhong
2004-04-30 20:14 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
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