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SubjectRe: loading ./cryptfs.o will taint the kernel
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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
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