Alan Cox writes:
On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:58:52 +0930
William Brown <william(a)firstyear.id.au> wrote:
> On 1/06/12 16:50, Javier Perez wrote:
> > William. The operating word here is Tiviozation.
> > You can compile the kernel but you can't run it on the system. That is
> > the threat GPL3 is trying to counteract.
> > By creating "valid" kernels, by definition "not valid
kernels" cannot
run.
> >
>
> Well, It would appear that Grub 2 is GPL3, and in my interpretation of
> how Tivoization works, this would appear to be a violation.
I'm assuming they will switch to another loader. Tivoising grub2 would
indeed be asking for a fight.
This would be the canary in the coal mine, to see if I was on the right
track, yesterday.
If, all of a sudden, another bootloader gets pushed into Fedora, only a year
or so after all the headache and pain of migrating from grub 1 to grub 2,
then this will validate our collective take on the subject.