Re: netboot/UNDI status

["Yoshinori K. Okuji" <okuji@enbug.org>]

On Friday 25 January 2008 14:25, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 10:00:17AM +0100, Marco Gerards wrote:
> > "Yoshinori K. Okuji" <okuji@enbug.org> writes:
> > > On Thursday 24 January 2008 13:42, Robert Millan wrote:
> > >> Well, if we can collaborate by sharing the same driver collection
> > >> that's even better, of course.  This was done for GRUB Legacy, right?
> > >
> > > Sure. I had a very short conversation with gpxe developers last year,
> > > and we have agreed that we should share work. In GRUB Legacy, we tried
> > > to keep etherboot drivers as intact as possible, and we contributed
> > > back by providing bug fixes. IMO, this should be continued in GRUB 2 as
> > > well.
> >
> > Please correct me if I am wrong, but aren't some files licensed under
> > the GPL, with an additional demand that you shouldn't use it outside
> > etherboot?
>
> Just one driver is known to do that.  Check our BTS.
>
> Besides, it might even be illegal to distribute those drivers, even as part
> of etherboot.

Right. Maybe I should contact gpxe developers, if they still have it.

Okuji