From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1Q9WTG-0006EI-G9 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:49:02 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:57262) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q9WTE-0006Dw-2g for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:49:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q9WTD-0004sM-3b for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:49:00 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:45741) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q9WTC-0004s9-UX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:48:59 -0400 Received: by wyf19 with SMTP id 19so6385484wyf.0 for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:48:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=6mKWFNe3FB+mMmn1JjC0o98q5DLAuJ4QcR1GipX3SHg=; b=JKRLdaT/K9Q1DGCN6qiB11Wz6bFOn6K40/qhiePdG4SrAJ05Jn5uJaJlnYYnHMjmzB YO+2i8xGorgxUTV34ZjeDdBtCsRmh3VPBWAs1kdNg8x91OHQoK0eY8VNRVd8/lDzZfZa UYPw2NLu72BRbEl/Wsk2Hi0Q6aJ3snZm8KwnE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=UmwGbxmtvYuwTRwhbNFyFCcq6cQ/ysxM8UtLV37YuncSo5eh9DI2Au6sIbmvE1e9TF 4lboI0VScW3dWUJUQ85wBfyY8+XYUx3+x9xd5dgyFluG5aIMk/ULF882ODAIraLuQ7Dr 7NUevtrwod0R9DWs0nr+WHdFsBzR33l7Bzj8A= Received: by 10.227.197.83 with SMTP id ej19mr333706wbb.105.1302587337849; Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:48:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian.x201.phnet (gprs43.swisscom-mobile.ch [193.247.250.43]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id bs4sm3800514wbb.1.2011.04.11.22.48.55 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:48:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4DA3E7BE.6080701@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:48:46 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110402 Iceowl/1.0b2 Icedove/3.1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "richardvoigt@gmail.com" Subject: Re: Automatic module license checking References: <4DA36E7A.4020308@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigF0C64F14DBB9A8F49FAD1D4F" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 74.125.82.169 Cc: The development of GNU GRUB X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:49:01 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigF0C64F14DBB9A8F49FAD1D4F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 12.04.2011 06:33, richardvoigt@gmail.com wrote: > When does this check run? Seems ridiculous to do this on every boot > cycle, a bootloader should execute as quickly as possible, not try to > solve the world's legal problems. > Check is done when loading module. Performance penalty is limited to reading few additional bytes, additional section search and 3 strcmp's. It's much simpler than resolving even a single symbol. > Just my $0.02 > > 2011/4/11 Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko : >> Hello, all. Due to recent case of non-compliance with GPL in a project= >> using GRUB2 codebase and according to new GNU guidelines I've >> implemented an automatic module license checking. This checks doesn't >> change in nothing the distributor obligation: any GRUB2 module is >> covered by GPLv3(+) (and optionally dual-licensed under another >> license). However, this change makes this compliance requirement >> explicit by requiring author to put a GRUB_MOD_LICENSE macro. Also not= e >> that everybody is allowed to remove the said check but doing so doesn'= t >> free from legal GPL obligation. When implementing this check I've adde= d >> a bunch of GRUB_MOD_LICENSE and GRUB_MOD_DUAL_LICENSE, I'll be gratefu= l >> if everyone who sees a problem (e.g. non-correspondance between licens= e >> header and macro) would report it to me and I'll fix it as soon as tim= e >> permits. >> >> -- >> Regards >> Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Grub-devel mailing list >> Grub-devel@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel >> >> --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enigF0C64F14DBB9A8F49FAD1D4F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iF4EAREKAAYFAk2j58QACgkQNak7dOguQgkskgD/WOPRJgYn0a/UlnyaIJKXRNsS bwIb1ZMh1Cw57y1K5yoA/3798F7N/kHo4ZfpV401DjeQm0nl2bM+8xiAtnIzdzWL =YTK2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigF0C64F14DBB9A8F49FAD1D4F--