From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1cW5fr-0002Eg-7k for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:18:31 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48796) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cW5fp-0002Dg-TM for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:18:30 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cW5fl-00053Q-ST for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:18:29 -0500 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.22]:49460) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cW5fl-00052d-HY for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:18:25 -0500 Received: from scdbackup.webframe.org ([91.8.167.67]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx102 [212.227.17.168]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MYLKn-1d0hTO2JoP-00V6oE for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2017 19:18:19 +0100 Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 19:18:13 +0100 From: "Thomas Schmitt" To: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add fwconfig command Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit References: <20170124173626.GB973@riva.ucam.org> In-Reply-To: <20170124173626.GB973@riva.ucam.org> Message-Id: <968740471129481911@scdbackup.webframe.org> X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:/2ecv8sBvk3BfGzr7ajB9qm8s66zShrfmE9+eRW2HsAxVhoO0Qo GayoLvDQPxxiAipMMVKXBiH6Z0eZmmgSdDNvuze9r+gIBb/n9DzmzbWsJM5BKtyGIMOJJPj NoRfkQV5CY66+N4aaZPuBGwnw6eB/odeUlYFk1k0tr7+QP5WXXeyS6Rdwv3G6C+hoApThcG LoPXsTJeo55RrP0dlMj4A== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:rYI5BQiFSTw=:NV0ywrtbKJY2vliuCu9bp+ rIOGUjPFb9/mF2Ei87c7gY90ix3+yoajfZ0s7QEGqHS2dpKqPGS3BLXakBjuYyePPqfzzN1F7 t1z0P58rk4B2v5Tt8z7rKLDdohtlSfXR9QGD0xqlLSLeUojN8O8P673VRb196fk03CMb72NQj coumgvELkqKKvJQXJB3PA8Ovo7icy5EQv7t7PZxKAzjvaXRA8i3bmxdbNH/IV3wLfaM7yD6aL aojagpEqXyrqXX7DYMau4aa3Rd1jB3szCNbz7H/h9BLpADDrI33ayxJdiPKtwOosPP6cG6bTP 4HRRY45W1EwvKfP3Bto6+YDOabkVymjJup6y43qMgACWCBHonOKzrZUotZ3VVyf2+yXJz+oYe Qpl2NxTsXR/VTK+q/WJfiao8au1cIofHgmZy7c/euIAfmMcY/ixUphlCTAf3LtF0oHm5EUHLV OsmfPWiJLExSf1j4BsP5pjtjBYOtqLhL1YzbA0fElWGTgICFLvIX8XQk4IV7Ye3EMB5Bo5vQC ldUHje4lr+vGfU05UOvSqYUf/wSKNkdyQ26x/uPTxgE+woap61i9cF/KQf3HM47fTB5nQOQbt 7UviPwYjr9YzXshoD8lY9+9ng6qkPdPLYBGByHtFdRbd6l3aTfZxtQ+feHPyPE+yegBdjf1ZT JnKf3rYPopANtiqEowOuALBwL1LpLiD84Xo4QhaU7lomvhoyJpRKU9huHF+BzX7+Y/Mjt+D1W nRMdOQcDCStAX0e5Tj6RQLlsOwr5gaoOHttwMG890aT2UzyPqPaCpg+M3hdQWv3Gnc3tP9vnu +QjdiqGyt1unSQ/vf62KFbKiwG0FC9DX/1vxzWwqpxfvPQFQy0O38JTBt6RP6LL74WQzT4nAY umBglAXgJiVTRx+Cb4mEr2vZd8e04ICVqMV+HtXmJ4bZpyjsF1IUMX++4/hiY1AHOBLuSlpFP DLc4BNomslMzZo3dVjHVrfPOdQFqlr1VonGlezkuEBjcrJH6GXZ8PhE40kkAnX4k/X8pedV7d ZFgEx7hWTnDDTDBwngCxaI0= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 212.227.17.22 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 18:18:30 -0000 Hi, Colin Watson wrote: > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html#howto One should emphasize that the FSF when designing new license versions only considers compatibility to older FSF licenses if they bear the "or later" clause. E.g. it is not possible to combine GPL version 2 software with LGPL version 3 software if the GPL does not offer the opportunity to get upgraded to GPL version 3. That's because LGPL 3 forbids some patent evilness whereas GPL 2 forbids to add forbiddances. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#LGPLv3 According to Richard Stallman, the design flaw is not in LGPL 3 but in issueing GPL 2 without "or later" clause. (Company lawyers may well contradict.) Have a nice day :) Thomas