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On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Fernando Reyes |
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<likewhoa@××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> I don't know the details of the issue but I know that I was prevented from using grub on the livedvd. |
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Well, if some perceived legal constraint is keeping us from doing |
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whatever seems to be technically most appropriate we should |
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investigate the matter and resolve it. If, on the other hand, it |
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simply makes sense to use something else, then no sense belaboring the |
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point. |
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People just seem to be really paranoid about GPLv3 and Grub. We're |
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already talking to the FSF about how they handle copyright attribution |
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on their own projects, so I suppose we could get their opinion on UEFI |
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as well. However, I don't see anything in the language of the license |
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that creates a problem when using it with UEFI, unless one wants to |
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sell locked-down hardware. Doing that would be a violation of our |
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social contract, let alone the GPLv3. |
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Rich |
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