Re: Generic modules documentation is outdated

Yann Dirson (ydirson@altern.org)
Fri, 19 Jul 2002 01:25:35 +0200

On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 11:48:41PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 22:02, Yann Dirson wrote:
> > - I have installed no proprietary driver, all loaded drivers declare to be
> > "GPL" or "Dual BSD/GPL".
>
> Something you loaded was missing a MODULE_LICENSE tag - modern insmod
> will warn on this one

I wrote:
> I found a good candidate in the Apple HFS module

Hm, no, I found the real one (although HFS has the problem):

# modprobe ppp_deflate
Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.18+preempt/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - BSD without advertisement clause

I'm pretty sure the "BSD without advertisement clause" license should not
taint the kernel, should it ?

And even if there is an obscure license incompatibility, there is a problem
in that this module is in the stock kernels, and should then be advertised
as such (or maybe removed).

Regards,

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