[OpenAFS-devel] add module license macro to Linux kernel module

[Tim Spriggs]

> >  however, I think it'd be *beter* if the
> > message weren't "libafs: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel", which
> > can look kind of scary. So, this makes it be "libafs: module license 'IBM
> > Public License Version 1.0' taints kernel" instead, which is at least more
> [...]
> My objection to doing this is that while it will help some users, it also
> in sense legitimizes the whole license checking scheme, and I'd rather we
> didn't help do that.

Out of pure curiousity, why is this seen as a bad thing? If this is a sore
topic then feel free to post to me directly to avoid starting a large
discussion.

Thanks,
-Tim

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