Re: [PATCH ??] Re: incorrect taint of ndiswrapper

Randy Dunlap
2006-10-27T23:08:09Z

Alan Cox wrote:
> Ar Gwe, 2006-10-27 am 18:56 -0400, ysgrifennodd Florin Malita:
>> Also, since driverloader is not GPL-compatible (MODULE_LICENSE("see
>> LICENSE file; Copyright (c)2003-2004 Linuxant inc.")), that check is
>> redundant. How about removing it (applies on top of Randy's patch)?
>>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Florin Malita <fmalita@gmail.com>
>
> NAK
>
> Older versions of Linuxant's driverloader claim GPL\0some other text and
> systematically set out to abuse the license tag code. We should continue
> to carry the code for this.
>
> Alan

I'm confused. Do you mean that we should continue to treate driverloader
as GPL? Oh, I guess I see. You mean that we should continue to have
special code to override their "GPL\0other text" license. OK.

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~Randy