From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 14:10:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 14:10:26 -0400 Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk ([130.88.200.94]:41222 "EHLO probity.mcc.ac.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 14:10:15 -0400 Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 19:10:39 +0100 From: John Levon To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Tainting kernels for non-GPL or forced modules Message-ID: <20010924191038.A76887@compsoc.man.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <27975.1001164529@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> <3BAF74B8.6070102@interactivesi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3BAF74B8.6070102@interactivesi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.19i X-Url: http://www.movement.uklinux.net/ X-Record: Truant - Neither Work Nor Leisure X-Toppers: N/A Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 01:00:24PM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote: > The reason I ask is because I'm working on a closed-source (unfortunately) > driver for Linux, and I'd really like to make it behave as well as possible. add to your module code : MODULE_LICENSE("TabiPL"); (or whatever it is). That way the kernel maintainers can ignore any bugs reported with your module loaded easily. regards john -- "Khendon's Law: If the same point is made twice by the same person, the thread is over."