Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

[Giridhar Pemmasani]

--- Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:

> At some point, a compromise position of "Have ndiswrapper do the tainting
> if it loads something with contentious licensing" was suggested - whatever
> happened to that?
> 
> (If for no other reason than if you load ndiswrapper for testing, and then
> do *not* actually load something, your kernel should remain untainted...)

ndiswrapper does taint the kernel when a Windows driver is loaded.

Giri


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