It taints the kernel. I assume Alan is OK with GPL ;) drivers/net/3c527.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+) diff -puN drivers/net/3c527.c~3c527-module-license drivers/net/3c527.c --- 25/drivers/net/3c527.c~3c527-module-license 2003-10-18 19:05:10.000000000 -0700 +++ 25-akpm/drivers/net/3c527.c 2003-10-18 19:05:51.000000000 -0700 @@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ DRV_NAME ".c:v" DRV_VERSION " " DRV_RELD #include "3c527.h" +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); + /* * The name of the card. Is used for messages and in the requests for * io regions, irqs and dma channels _