Re: loading ./cryptfs.o will taint the kernel

[Alan Cox]

> loading ./cryptfs.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - LGPL
> 
> I have long thought that I understood the reasoning behind "taint" and
> binary drivers.
> 
> However, cryptfs is available with complete source code, so I presume
> the "undebug-able" argument doesn't apply.
> 
> So what is the big deal?

Sounds like someone put the wrong MODULE_LICENSE() tag on it. An LGPL item
combined with a GPL work gives you a GPL result (see the LGPL notes on the
matter). So the kernel module tag ought to be GPL