On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 00:15 +0200, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: > On Wednesday 15 November 2006 22:10, Hollis Blanchard wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 22:33 +0200, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: > > > On Tuesday 14 November 2006 02:16, Hollis Blanchard wrote: > > > > I've placed a generic multiboot.h directly into include/ (not in the > > > > grub subdirectory), since it it suitable for using in kernels > > > > independently of GRUB. As for the license, I believe that > > > > include/multiboot.h should NOT be GPL, to allow it to be used directly > > > > for non-GPL operating systems like the BSDs. > > > > > > GRUB is entirely licensed under GPL. Please don't make an exception. > > > > An exception is exactly what I am proposing. What is your objection? > > The GNU Project endorses the use of GPL to promote freedom. Don't forget that > GRUB is a part of GNU.
The GNU project also includes GCC, which is used to build non-Free software. In fact GCC even contains libgcc, which is *linked* with non-free software. The GNU project also includes glibc, which is linked with (almost?) all non-Free software on Linux. The GNU project also uses the LGPL license, which allows all sorts of Free software to be used with non-Free software. GRUB itself is used to boot non-Free operating systems. There is plenty of precedent here. So I still see nothing wrong with putting a header file, which describes an interface, under a non-GPL license. -Hollis _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
