Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: loading ./cryptfs.o will taint the kernel | Date | Sat, 9 Mar 2002 22:38:21 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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