Re: [ANNOUNCE] DSFS Network Forensic File System for Linux Patches

[jmerkey]

Diego Calleja wrote:

> El Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:27:47 -0600,
> "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>
>  
>
> > NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover user programs that use kernel
> > services by normal system calls - this is merely considered normal use
> > of the kernel, and does *not* fall under the heading of "derived work".
> > Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software
> > Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers to (the linux
> > kernel) is copyrighted by me and others who actually wrote it.
> >    
>
> So, that means that DSFS runs on userspace? (We can't see the source
> so it'd be nice to know how DSFS works)
>
> Also, I'm curious about this piece of code on your patch:
> ftp://ftp.soleranetworks.com/pub/dsfs/datascout-only-2.6.9-06-28-05.patch
>
> -		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: module license '%s' taints kernel.\n",
> -		       mod->name, license);
> +//		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: module license '%s' taints kernel.\n",
> +//		       mod->name, license);
>
> I mean, nvidia people also use propietary code in the kernel (probably
> violating the GPL anyway) and don't do such things.
>
>
>
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I disagree with the language and the characterization that our 
proprietary user application code is "tainted."

Jeff
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