On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 01:47:21PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:32:50 -0800 > Martin Bligh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So let's come out and ban binary modules, rather than pussyfooting > > around, if that's what we actually want to do. > > Give people 12 months warning (time to work out what they're going to do, > talk with the legal dept, etc) then make the kernel load only GPL-tagged > modules. > > I think I'd favour that. It would aid those people who are trying to > obtain device specs, and who are persuading organisations to GPL their > drivers.
Ok, I have no objection to that at all. I'll whip up such a patch in a bit to spit out kernel log messages whenever such a module is loaded so that people have some warning. thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
