From: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
To: jmerkey <jmerkey@utah-nac.org>
Cc: Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@lina.inka.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] DSFS Network Forensic File System for Linux Patches
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 09:45:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050901074556.GA8143@midnight.suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <431651BC.9020108@utah-nac.org>
On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 06:56:28PM -0600, jmerkey wrote:
> Bernd,
>
> Thanks for the accurate and reasonable response. I object to the use
> of the word "tainted". This implies the binary code is somehow
> infringing. I would suggest changing the word to "non-GPL" or "Vendor
> Supported" since this is more accurate. Just a suggestion.
>
> Thanks Jeff
I believe the use of the word is quite correct. Taint is synonymous to
contaminate. When you add a closed-source driver, the kernel is no
longer pure GPL, it's been contaminated by a non-GPL part.
There may be other connotations to the word in various regions in the
english speaking world that give it much darker meanings, though, that I
don't know about.
--
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-09-01 7:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-08-31 16:33 [ANNOUNCE] DSFS Network Forensic File System for Linux Patches Jeff V. Merkey
2005-08-31 18:32 ` Rik van Riel
2005-08-31 17:27 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2005-08-31 18:58 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-08-31 18:00 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2005-08-31 21:28 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2005-08-31 20:23 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2005-08-31 20:27 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2005-08-31 23:22 ` Diego Calleja
2005-08-31 22:50 ` jmerkey
2005-09-01 0:36 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2005-09-01 0:33 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2005-09-01 0:56 ` jmerkey
2005-09-01 1:44 ` jmerkey
[not found] ` <67029b1705083120142c0c1dea@mail.gmail.com>
2005-09-01 3:19 ` Zhou Yingchao
2005-09-01 7:12 ` Lincoln Dale
2005-09-01 7:45 ` Vojtech Pavlik [this message]
2005-09-01 10:23 ` Alan Cox
2005-09-01 8:28 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2005-09-01 10:15 ` Alan Cox
2005-09-03 21:26 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2005-09-04 8:45 ` Alan Cox
2005-09-05 20:19 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2005-08-31 21:49 ` Jose Luis Domingo Lopez
2005-09-01 21:11 ` Alistair John Strachan
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