* Steve Langasek (vor...@debian.org) [120707 22:54]: > On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 10:14:01AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > If OTOH we have to pay a fee just for our software to work on platforms > > that just happen to be using Microsoft’s certificate, this is clearly > > abusive. I would object to do so, and I believe we would (at least in > > Europe) have a very strong case in court against such practice. > > Note that the Windows 8 requirements stipulate that users must in all cases > retain the ability to disable Secure Boot on their x86 systems from the > firmware. It's really a question of ease of installation, and whether > Secure Boot provides any additional security protection that we think it's > worth providing to Debian users out of the box.
IIRC it's not the same on embedded hardware. Andi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120707210957.gg2...@mails.so.argh.org
