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Re: Point of gpl-only modules (flame)

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From: Robert Hancock <hancockr@...>
To: Jimmy <lists@...>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...>
Subject: Re: Point of gpl-only modules (flame)
Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2007 - 10:08 pm

The kernel gets marked as tainted when you load proprietary modules

because with no source code available there is no way to determine what

kind of badness the code may have done to break the kernel. Bug reports

from tainted kernels are generally given fairly little weight.


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