Re: [gentoo-dev] borked release media

[Fernando Reyes]

Then let's get UEFI support on our release media and out the box usb booting so users don't have to go boot other livecds. 


likewhoa

Greg KH <gregkh@g.o> wrote:

>On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 01:13:38PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Fernando Reyes
>> <likewhoa@××××××××××××.com> wrote:
>> > I don't know the details of the issue but I know that I was prevented from using grub on the livedvd.
>>
>> Well, if some perceived legal constraint is keeping us from doing
>> whatever seems to be technically most appropriate we should
>> investigate the matter and resolve it.  If, on the other hand, it
>> simply makes sense to use something else, then no sense belaboring the
>> point.
>>
>> People just seem to be really paranoid about GPLv3 and Grub.  We're
>> already talking to the FSF about how they handle copyright attribution
>> on their own projects, so I suppose we could get their opinion on UEFI
>> as well.  However, I don't see anything in the language of the license
>> that creates a problem when using it with UEFI, unless one wants to
>> sell locked-down hardware.  Doing that would be a violation of our
>> social contract, let alone the GPLv3.
>
>The FSF has already said that using Grub2 and the GPLv3 is just fine
>with the UEFI method of booting, so there is no problem from that side.
>There's a statement about this somewhere on their site if you are
>curious.
>
>The only one objecting to GPLv3 and UEFI is the current rules for
>getting a shim/bootloader signed by Microsoft, but the current
>implementations we have all have either a GPLv2 or BSD licensed shim
>which then loads GRUB, so all is fine from a licensing and legal
>standpoint from everyone involved.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>greg k-h
>