On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 03:26:20AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 11:53:49PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > > Scripsit Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Worse case scenario, this could be clean-room reimplemented. > > > > Before doing that, somebody ought to approach Apple and ask explicit > > permission to reverse-engineer the boot-block code and distribute the > > reverse-engineered source under a free license. > > You don't need permission to reverse-engineer anything. > > If we're going to talk to Apple, we should ask them to release the boot > sector and anything else we need within the scope of this problem under > a DFSG-compatible license.
Only problem would be if they don't have the source code for this 10+ year old little bit of code. But nevermind, i think we can achieve a nicer solution to this problem with benh, he promised me to have some look at it this evening. The not buildable in main problem still remains though. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
