Re: [RFC] multiboot2 loader

[Hollis Blanchard <hollis@penguinppc.org>]

On Sun, 2006-11-26 at 11:18 +0100, Tomáš Ebenlendr wrote:
> 
> >> There is plenty of precedent here. So I still see nothing wrong
> with
> >> putting a header file, which describes an interface, under a
> non-GPL
> >> license.
> >
> > Because GRUB is not a library. The spec is available independently,
> so
> > you can write your own header easily. Nothing prevents you from
> doing
> > this.
> >
> > Okuji
> >
> 
> And should the multiboot header file be "Grub's"? What about having
> "Multiboot's" header as a part of "Multiboot project". Such project
> should
> contain only specification, and header file, that can be freely
> copied.
> The only thing that should be forbidden is that some third party will
> claim she owns the header. I think that GPL is too restrictive for
> this
> purpose. Such header file can be then added to grub as well as to
> BSD-licenced and other software. 

Great point. A "multiboot" project could easily be created, and wouldn't
even need the approval of the GRUB project.

Beyond the specification and header file, it could also contain a "Hello
World" multiboot kernel.

-Hollis