From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Subject: Re: Avoiding the use of test signing for the GPLPV drivers for 64 bit Windows Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:40:54 -0400 Message-ID: <20110822134054.GE8944@dumpdata.com> References: <201108221202.22148.muehlenhoff@univention.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201108221202.22148.muehlenhoff@univention.de> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Moritz =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=FChlenhoff?= Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 12:02:21PM +0200, Moritz M=FChlenhoff wrote: > Hi, > we've been investigating ways to deploy the GPLPV drivers for Windows 2= 008 > w/o the need to activate the test mode (not for strictly technical reas= ons;=20 > the drivers work fine but some third party applications void their warr= anty=20 > if run under test mode and the mandatory note on the desktop may lead t= o user > confusion). >=20 > I found a mailing lis thread, where a similar scenario has been discuss= ed > for the libusb drivers. The relevant bits start here: > http://libusb.6.n5.nabble.com/WHQL-Testing-Agreement-and-GPLv3-conflict= s-td3335877.html >=20 > Microsoft doesn't permit GPLv2 und GPLv3 drivers in their Windows Logo > Program (which is a prerequisite for WHQL certification). However in th= is > thread someone from Wind River contacted Microsoft and they pointed to = the > possibility to sign the driver with a certificate issues by a CA instea= d of > the WHQL signatures (the full document is attached to the second link): >=20 > http://libusb.6.n5.nabble.com/WHQL-Testing-Agreement-and-GPLv3-conflict= s-tp335877p3337666.html > http://libusb.6.n5.nabble.com/WHQL-Testing-Agreement-and-GPLv3-conflict= s-tp3335877p3341534.html >=20 > In my understanding this certificate would be a SPC certificate > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff552299%28v=3Dvs.85%29.aspx > http://www.certum.eu/certum/cert,offer_software_publisher.xml >=20 > Later on in the thread it's being confirmed that this procedure allows = the > installation of the driver w/o popups and activation of the test mode: > http://libusb.6.n5.nabble.com/WHQL-Testing-Agreement-and-GPLv3-conflict= s-tp3335877p3339827.html >=20 > Is anyone already building and signing the GPLPV drivers with that pro= cedure? Hm sounds like that is exactly what the Red Hat folks had done: http://git.kernel.org/?p=3Dvirt/kvm/kvm-guest-drivers-windows.git;a=3Dblo= b;f=3DVirtIO/LICENSE;h=3D808dba85afaccc31dac21863d2cd4dd4a3b7d29f;hb=3DHE= AD >=20 > Cheers, > Moritz > --=20 > Moritz M=FChlenhoff muehlenhoff@univention.de > Open Source Software Engineer and Consultant > Univention GmbH Linux for Your Business fon: +49 421 22 232- 0 > Mary-Somerville-Str.1 28359 Bremen fax: +49 421 22 232-99 > http://www.univention.de >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel