From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: brian@worldcontrol.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: loading ./cryptfs.o will taint the kernel
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 22:38:21 +0000 (GMT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E16jpTp-0002jM-00@the-village.bc.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020309221341.GA2533@top.worldcontrol.com> from "brian@worldcontrol.com" at Mar 09, 2002 02:13:41 PM
> 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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2002-03-09 22:13 brian
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