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For the uninitiated: If the linux kernel is asked to load a module with an incompatible license, it's called "tainted": https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/a
by est31 4y ago
For the uninitiated: If the linux kernel is asked to load a module with an incompatible license, it's called "tainted": https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.html https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/tainted-k...
- teekert 4y agoI saw this message scroll by during booting, somewhere in 2004? I searched for it online and those were my first lessons on foss and the GPL. How great to see this happening. Is it the hack (I don't think so)? Is it the succes of Steam (Deck)? Is is Proton? Deep Learning? Probably all of it…
- nsajko 4y ago> load a module with an incompatible license Loading any out-of-tree module taints the kernel, for example the vbox modules are GPL: https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/virtualbox-host-modules-arch/ https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/virtualbox-h...