From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KKxVz-0004d9-VT for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:41:32 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KKxVy-0004cQ-6f for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:41:30 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KKxVw-0004bm-Kk for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:41:29 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33271 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KKxVw-0004bf-Ef for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:41:28 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:4988) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KKxVv-00025r-QC for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:41:28 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO relay.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.81]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 21 Jul 2008 11:41:26 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.21] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by relay.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD632618F22 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:41:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <87abgb9scl.fsf@xs4all.nl> References: <20080703001716.13881.1754.stgit@dv.roinet.com> <87lk0i6cxo.fsf@xs4all.nl> <1215118211.2734.8.camel@dv> <871w2927ia.fsf@xs4all.nl> <20080704130732.xtvmz0baecc04wc8-cebfxv@webmail.spamcop.net> <87iqv0idwz.fsf@xs4all.nl> <1216585492.14762.9.camel@dv> <87ej5n9zcq.fsf@xs4all.nl> <1216646384.8334.163.camel@localhost> <87abgb9scl.fsf@xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:41:25 -0400 Message-Id: <1216654885.3460.21.camel@dv> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 (2.22.3.1-1.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] Enable writing to ATA devices, fix several bugs X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:41:30 -0000 On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 17:20 +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: > Javier Martín writes: > > > So what? Aren't both Linux and GRUB under the GPL? That _should_ mean > > that we can look at their code and put it into GRUB ("create a > > derivative work") either as-is or modified. > > For GRUB 2 we require copyright assignments. Also, Linux is under GPLv2 and GRUB is under GPLv3. This means that Linux developers could object that their code is restricted further than GPLv2 allows, e.g. there are additional anti-DRM provisions that the recipients of the GRUB code has to fulfill. That said, I cannot imagine that copying of variable names could be treated as a copyright violation. For instance, Wine reimplements Windows API, and they just have to use the same names. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin