From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1N8IKf-0003YS-UR for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:54:17 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8IKe-0003X7-5u for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:54:16 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8IKZ-0003TH-Fy for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:54:15 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53694 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N8IKZ-0003T1-7y for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:54:11 -0500 Received: from mail-qy0-f200.google.com ([209.85.221.200]:59286) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N8IKY-0007JN-Sx for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:54:11 -0500 Received: by qyk38 with SMTP id 38so65560qyk.25 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:54:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=Qqvym9ZT5IcRHPif5XCqHJS+SdOAddoa7e0BkckEb6s=; b=HCKdkkXHgJa9K2t0nU6zUgcUSlqeR1Yh7XPq2wDRR167UptGl9GVIx54Zc+G/YnUYq g1LrWIfDLGagTjQaIQeD80QCLQNTtmOZdlki00J13gcaQUZmVeOM3Wl1+olV7rHOWwSr nfz2+Msa7DcYrPs3Afy+GISqk2szSqOZztJc0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=PVmOLczKw/xRY5+miUpo3H7MdYLX9LsfKhL/vq0dndvZHfgaVi0Ar/WqMXbriRjmH9 36XmNRdzxtGQDKyrJYEcGLzPvCFaqhy6lp++yum8kS++Y6PewbB1ZliqvP6guN/mOVvZ YLuYzPb6nIB5g5qlOWhkwde016PFevgtNo+e0= Received: by 10.213.26.199 with SMTP id f7mr6835866ebc.72.1257965649878; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:54:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from debian.bg45.phnet (gprs37.swisscom-mobile.ch [193.247.250.37]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 24sm1149849eyx.13.2009.11.11.10.54.08 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:54:09 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4AFB0840.5000802@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:53:52 +0100 From: Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20091109) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB References: <1257936106.2864.5.camel@fz.local> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigF9F91D2ADF742D39AEB53A96" X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: Roadmap for LUA support in GRUB 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: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:54:16 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigF9F91D2ADF742D39AEB53A96 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > Hi! > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:41 AM, Felix Zielcke wrote= : > =20 >> Am Dienstag, den 10.11.2009, 19:38 -0800 schrieb Roman Shaposhnik: >> =20 >>> Browsing the archives of grub-devel reveals that Lua support was move= d to >>> grub-extras which makes me ask these two questions: >>> 1. Was the decision to move Lua based exclusively on the licensin= g concerns? >>> =20 >> I don't think it was exclusively only decided because of the license, >> but this is the top reason for it. >> =20 > > I'd appreciated knowing non-licensing reasons as well. > =20 The only other reason was to encourage developpement of sh-like scripting= =2E > On the licensing front, though, what was an actual issue there? > After all, Lua has a respectable FOSS license and I'm sure there's tons= of > MIT-licensed software in Debian. What made Lua different? > =20 GNU isn't Debian. GNU has a very strong copyright policy and for code to become GNU it usually has to be copyright-assigned to FSF. It's not the case of LUA. So we created grub-extras specifically to hold code which is perfectly legal, free and GPLv3-compatible but not suitable for GNU. Any distribution which doesn't have anything against code not being copyrighted by FSF shouldn't have any reason not to add grub-extras --=20 Regards Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enigF9F91D2ADF742D39AEB53A96 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iF4EAREKAAYFAkr7CEsACgkQNak7dOguQgmoIwD+J8YIgW8yCNXgjsgwKmqeSPyW otQpTa/G5p49vwQ3lokA/RCBnDLsE1TXAKKDuIfLgTtnT8V72s2nTgzQOz8AcIJU =wD1A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigF9F91D2ADF742D39AEB53A96--