From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Mh3zN-00063S-K8 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:07:45 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mh3zL-00062W-5i for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:07:43 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mh3zG-0005zE-DX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:07:42 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44024 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mh3zG-0005z9-3Y for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:07:38 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:49648 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mh3zF-0006k8-CS for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:07:37 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=localhost) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mh3yu-00033l-CJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:07:16 +0200 Received: from rmh by localhost with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mh3yt-0003rQ-RS for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:07:15 +0200 Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:07:15 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090828160715.GA14739@thorin> References: <20090825211317.GA23440@thorin> <793523500908262120t65a88100y25f6c5e75a4979e0@mail.gmail.com> <20090828124803.GC15030@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove framework for external modules 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: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:07:43 -0000 On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 04:04:39PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > >> (footnote) We are applying GPL license to these modules, but they'll > >> never end up in the grub tree. Our requirements are too weird. You > >> won't want to merge this code, believe me. > > > > I understand.  Good luck with it! > This case is exactly something external module build want to prevent. > If it wasn't available people wanting weird thing would be likely to > end up with a badly maintained unsynced own fork. In turn this fork is > likely to cause repeat of old bug reports on savannah. (I know posting > fork bugs to savannah isn't appropriate but we have inapropriate bug > reports even now (e.g. bugs in debian build system)) This is not a fork. Private modifications are very common in the free software world, specially in corporate environments which tend to have very specific requisites. The only question is whether we should take extra steps to make these modifications easier. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."