From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965020AbVIACLZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:11:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965021AbVIACLZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:11:25 -0400 Received: from [67.137.28.189] ([67.137.28.189]:1972 "EHLO vger") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965020AbVIACLY (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:11:24 -0400 Message-ID: <431651BC.9020108@utah-nac.org> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 18:56:28 -0600 From: jmerkey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040510 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bernd Eckenfels Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] DSFS Network Forensic File System for Linux Patches References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > 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