Messages in this thread | | | From | "Paul Rolland" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] clarify message and give support contact for non-GPL modules | Date | Sun, 2 May 2004 15:05:12 +0200 |
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Hello,
I'm definitely no native English speaker, but I wanted to give my pov on this topic...
> > Understood. So perhaps we should call it "open" and > "proprietary" which > > are clear, well known words. "tainted" is honestly > confusing/hard to > > understand for many ordinary users, especially > international/non-native > > speakers who do not encounter the word that often (thankfully ;-). > > No. It's tainted. And hopefully if the user is concerned or
Agreed. Once you have loaded such a module, your kernel is really "tainted" by something that cannot really be controlled. Proprietary is too much neutral and doesn't reflect what you are now running : some piece of code which may by bloated without anyone being able to control it.
> Linux is an open source operating system. There is nothing wrong with > promoting and protecting the code and license. Correct.
> I've been looking at the latest version of the patch and > thinking that it is really > wrong for any message to be displayed only once. If the > user is unfortunate > enough to be loading two or more closed-source modules, the second > module should not be hidden by the first. The author of the > second module > should not have their name hidden just because another module > was loaded first.
Agreed too.
This patch should make its way in the kernel, so that people are aware they are using closed-source code.
I simply hope that some "vendors" will not alter kernel code before building to remove such a warning if they include closed source module in their distro.
Regards, Paul
Paul Rolland, rol(at)as2917.net ex-AS2917 Network administrator and Peering Coordinator
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