On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Ferenc Wagner <wf...@niif.hu> wrote:
> "Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko" <phco...@gmail.com> writes: > > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Ferenc Wagner<wf...@niif.hu> wrote: > >> "Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko" <phco...@gmail.com> writes: > >> > >>>> Neither have I, but xen-devel says MiniOS is BSD, and should be > >>>> acceptable for Grub. > >>> > >>> If it's under MIT or new BSD license it is. However no code with > >>> unclear licensing can be used in grub2 > >> > >> The mini-os code has been reviewed and gained an explicit BSD license > >> just now to clear this issue up. > > > > Can you post the link? There are different BSD licenses and we need to > > check that it's really compatible. > > xen-unstable.hg/extras/minios/COPYING contains the following: > > Copyright (c) 2009 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. > > Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions > are met: > 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright > notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. > 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright > notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the > documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. > > THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND > ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE > IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE > ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE > FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL > DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS > OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) > HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT > LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY > OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF > SUCH DAMAGE. > This license is GPLv3 compatible and as such can be linked with grub2. To incorporate to grub2 a non-originl code we would need a maintainer or co-maintainer approval. In any case it won't be merged unless you present something which actually works (e.g. shows menu in xen w/o need of MiniOS). I haven't tested your patch at all because I still haven't familarized myself with xen. I recommend to setup a your own repository under repo.or.czand upload there your WIP. I also inform you that if someone wants to reimplement it we would prefer a reimplementation > > > > > They can be used only if they didn't drop "or later" clause of grub1's > > license and only under same terms as BSD code. > > OMG. Who/what are the two "they"s above? But only if it's really > important. This legal stuff is such a drag.. The patches released with xen contain no license header. Unless XenSource clearly states that grub patches is under gplv2+ you can't use this code directly or indirectly and shouldn't even look at it. You can take the code from MiniOS though if the license attached to it is the one you posted in your e-mail. Be sure to mark copied parts as such. It's not my decision if current amount of uncertainty and BSDL code resage is ok, it's not my decision. But even if it isn't added to mainstream it is still a nice feature to have and yo can distribute your code through other channels > . > -- > Thanks, > Feri. > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > -- Regards Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
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