On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 03:16:00PM +0200, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > * Rasmus Wiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070729 14:49]: > > Just curious... How about software that runs "on top of" Linuxbios? I > > assume that Microsoft won't have to release Windows under GPL just > > because Linuxbios can boot it :)
Correct. Just booting an OS using LinuxBIOS doesn't require that OS to be GPL'd, of course (same for Linux - running an applications on Linux doesn't make that application GPL'd). > , but what about payloads? If someone > > wants to create a completely closed-source payload for LinuxBIOS, would > > theybe allowed to do that? One possible example could be Microsoft. > > Suppose that LinuxBIOS really took off and Microsoft would want to > > adapt NTLDR so it could be a payload, would they be allowed to do it? > > The payload is "loaded" from an "archive" or "filesystem" by LinuxBIOS > and thus does not have to be released under GPL because it is used with > LinuxBIOS. Ack. Uwe. -- http://www.hermann-uwe.de | http://www.holsham-traders.de http://www.crazy-hacks.org | http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org
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