Re: Crypto Patch: Legal Issues

[Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>]

Marco, I think you're the only one who can take care of this.  Please could
you have a look?

On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 05:26:46PM +0200, Simon Peter wrote:
> > >> In the meantime, I've assigned copyright of my work (excluding the
> > >> AES and RIPEMD implementations) to the FSF. The documents are
> > >> probably already waiting in my mailbox at home. I'll get the
> > >> signing done once I'm back home at the end of this month.
> > > I assume that I shall need to do this as well. What is the
> > > procedure for this? I couldn't find anything on the GRUB wiki, and
> > > can't find any forms on the FSF website.
> > Is anyone reviewing Michael's patch? It seems that when he mentions
> > it, no one follows up other than to make a brief comment. I am
> > presently using it and it works quite well. I would like to see it in
> > GRUB2's mainstream tree. This is a significant new capability.
> 
> I'd like to join Mike in petitioning for the incorporation of Michael's
> patch into GRUB. This feature is badly needed for a secure bootup.
> 
> Furthermore, my work is not really useful to end-users without all the
> ciphers that Michael implemented.
> 
> Simon
> 
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