From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NOWx9-0000AY-FZ for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:45:07 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NOWx7-0000AL-Oi for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:45:05 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NOWx3-00009m-54 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:45:05 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52478 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NOWx3-00009j-1s for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:45:01 -0500 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:51365 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 1NOWx2-0006mZ-OG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:45:00 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NOWx1-0005fZ-9y for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:44:59 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NOWx0-0005Qt-Pz for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:44:58 +0100 Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:44:58 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GNU GRUB Message-ID: <20091226134458.GD20730@thorin> References: <12617757591183012492@webmail.mandic.com.br> <1261776099.7932.4.camel@fz.local> <2e59e6970912252237h5a587ac9o7c6d0d48aad0811f@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2e59e6970912252237h5a587ac9o7c6d0d48aad0811f@mail.gmail.com> 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: Grub is the bootloader used on Win7? X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:45:05 -0000 On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 12:37:49AM -0600, richardvoigt@gmail.com wrote: > > SLIC is part of the mechanism Windows (many versions) uses to volume > license to OEMs and enable OEM recovery disks which only work on a > particular brand or model of computer. The SLIC is supposed to be > included in the system BIOS by the OEM... but software pirates > sometimes patch the SLIC into the BIOS or use a hotpatch program to > load it before booting into Windows (Windows can't tell whether the > SLIC came legit from an OEM BIOS or from a user hack). It looks like > this system is running an illegal copy of Windows, or at the very > least improperly activated. Since Windows 7 was released only in > October, there should still be time to get a refund from the company > who sold you the fake copy of Windows, the Microsoft Anti-piracy > hotline would probably be helpful in forcing the company to provide > you with a legitimate copy. > > http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/reporting.mspx Hi, Please don't refer to people who share code as "pirates". It'd be much better if they participated in our community instead of using and distributing non-free software, but they're not criminals, and the vast majority of them don't attack ships in the sea. That aside, discussion about circumvention of copyright restriction mechanisms is completely off-topic in this list. Please bring it elsewhere. Thanks -- Robert Millan "Be the change you want to see in the world" -- Gandhi