Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license

[Paul Wagland]

On Apr 29, 2004, at 17:14, Rik van Riel wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Timothy Miller wrote:
>
> > > "Due to $MOD_FOO's license ($BLAH), the Linux kernel community
> > > cannot resolve problems you may encounter. Please contact
> > > $MODULE_VENDOR for support issues."
> >
> > Sounds very "politically correct", but certainly more descriptive and
> > less alarming.
>
> More importantly, it directs the support burden to where
> it, IMHO, belongs.

Just to throw in my two cents at the end of this long debate... :-)

I heartily endorse (for what little that is worth ;-) the change in 
text. It adds clarity, it provides more information as to where to go 
for information. It is hard to misconstrue as a message of impending 
doom, consider that a good synonym for tainted is corrupted, and a 
corrupted kernel is a bad thing :-).

Cheers,
Paul

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