Re: Linux 2.4.9-ac5

Albert D. Cahalan
2001-08-31T05:43:19Z

Keith Owens writes:

> Solution: /proc/sys/kernel/tainted. Set to 0 on boot, set to 1 by
> insmod when it finds a non-GPL module, printed by panic, extracted by
> ksymoops. Any load of a proprietary module taints the kernel, even if
> it is later removed. The kernel code for that sysctl only allows taint
> to be set, not to be cleared.

The LGPL, X11, and 2-clause BSD licenses shouldn't set the tainted flag.
Perhaps the licenses should simply be listed.

$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/licenses
GPL
Public Domain
unknown
BSD(2)
Microsoft-EULA-v666