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From: jmerkey <jmerkey@utah-nac.org>
To: Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@lina.inka.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] DSFS Network Forensic File System for Linux Patches
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 18:56:28 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <431651BC.9020108@utah-nac.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1EAd1J-0007Cw-00@calista.eckenfels.6bone.ka-ip.net>

Bernd Eckenfels wrote:

>In article <20050901012218.02c79560.diegocg@gmail.com> you wrote:
>  
>
>>I mean, nvidia people also use propietary code in the kernel (probably
>>violating the GPL anyway) and don't do such things.
>>    
>>
>
>The Linux kernel allows binary drivers, you just have to live with a limited
>number of exported symbols and that the kernel is tainted. Which basically
>means nobody sane can help you with corrupted kernel data structures.
>
>Bernd
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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


  reply	other threads:[~2005-09-01  2:11 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 [this message]
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
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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