From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261980AbUEATcJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 May 2004 15:32:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262035AbUEATcJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 May 2004 15:32:09 -0400 Received: from dragnfire.mtl.istop.com ([66.11.160.179]:52458 "EHLO dsl.commfireservices.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261980AbUEATcG (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 May 2004 15:32:06 -0400 Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 15:32:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Zwane Mwaikambo To: Marc Boucher Cc: "Martin J. Bligh" , Tim Connors , "'lkml - Kernel Mailing List'" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license In-Reply-To: <772768DC-9BA3-11D8-B83D-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> Message-ID: References: <009701c42edf$25e47390$ca41cb3f@amer.cisco.com> <90DD8A88-9AE2-11D8-B83D-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> <6900000.1083388078@[10.10.2.4]> <772768DC-9BA3-11D8-B83D-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 1 May 2004, Marc Boucher wrote: > Most third-party module suppliers have been confronted with the same > issue > and forced to work around it (in other imperfect and sometimes clumsy > ways). > One of them redirects the messages to a separate file and appends > the following notice: > > > ******************************************************************** > > * You can safely ignore the above message about tainting the kernel. > > * It is completely political and means just that the maintainers of > > * of modutils package dislike software that is not distributed under > > * an open source license. > > ******************************************************************** What's the difference between that and the dialog box Microsoft Windows gives when you try and install an unsigned or non WHQL driver? In fact they make a much greater deal about it than our one printk. Zwane