Re: [edk2] EDK II & GPL - Re: OVMF BoF @ KVM Forum 2015

2015-09-10 Thread Sharma Bhupesh
> From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-boun...@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of > Jordan Justen > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 11:03 AM > On 2015-09-09 20:26:54, Andrew Fish wrote: > > > On Sep 9, 2015, at 5:41 PM, Jordan Justen > wrote: > > > On 2015-09-09 16:05:20,

Re: [edk2] EDK II & GPL - Re: OVMF BoF @ KVM Forum 2015

2015-09-10 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 10/09/2015 16:24, Kevin Davis wrote: > Further leading me to guess that any actual use of those > implementations could lead to you actually needing to hire a real > attorney and not one that you find on YouTube. The good thing is that attorneys have already figured it out. IBM figured out

Re: [edk2] EDK II & GPL - Re: OVMF BoF @ KVM Forum 2015

2015-09-09 Thread Laszlo Ersek
On 09/09/15 18:17, Jordan Justen wrote: > On 2015-09-09 01:57:51, Laszlo Ersek wrote: >> On 08/10/15 18:24, Laszlo Ersek wrote: >>> Hi. >>> >>> Let's do an OVMF BoF at this year's KVM Forum too. >> >> Here's a preliminary task list, after some off-list discussion (I tried >> to incorporate

Re: [edk2] EDK II & GPL - Re: OVMF BoF @ KVM Forum 2015

2015-09-09 Thread Blibbet
> I don’t understand the issue BSD licensed code? > It should be compatible with the GPL? > The GPL code could merge bug fixes from the BSD > source base as needed. It is just the BDS source > base that can not take back GPL code. I'm not sure I understand, I presume you understand all BSD/GPL

Re: [edk2] EDK II & GPL - Re: OVMF BoF @ KVM Forum 2015

2015-09-09 Thread Andrew Fish
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Re: [edk2] EDK II & GPL - Re: OVMF BoF @ KVM Forum 2015

2015-09-09 Thread Jordan Justen
On 2015-09-09 20:26:54, Andrew Fish wrote: > > On Sep 9, 2015, at 5:41 PM, Jordan Justen wrote: > > On 2015-09-09 16:05:20, Andrew Fish wrote: > >> So you have a legal degree and are speaking on behalf of your > >> employer on this subject? > > > > No and no. How about

Re: [edk2] EDK II & GPL - Re: OVMF BoF @ KVM Forum 2015

2015-09-09 Thread Andrew Fish
> On Sep 9, 2015, at 9:17 AM, Jordan Justen wrote: > > On 2015-09-09 01:57:51, Laszlo Ersek wrote: >> On 08/10/15 18:24, Laszlo Ersek wrote: >>> Hi. >>> >>> Let's do an OVMF BoF at this year's KVM Forum too. >> >> Here's a preliminary task list, after some off-list

Re: [edk2] EDK II & GPL - Re: OVMF BoF @ KVM Forum 2015

2015-09-09 Thread Blibbet
Short term an OVMF-centric solution is good. But long term, I think Linux needs a Linux-friendly IBV to build native UEFI -- as well as OVMF-flavored UEFI -- with non-BSD licensed community code. If you restrict this to just OVMF, any GPL innovations will only happen at virtual level. Right now,

Re: [edk2] EDK II & GPL - Re: OVMF BoF @ KVM Forum 2015

2015-09-09 Thread Jordan Justen
On 2015-09-09 10:04:50, Andrew Fish wrote: > > > On Sep 9, 2015, at 9:17 AM, Jordan Justen wrote: > > > > So, related to this, I wonder how the community would feel about a > > GplDriverPkg. Would the community allow it as a new package in EDK II > > directly, or

Re: [edk2] EDK II & GPL - Re: OVMF BoF @ KVM Forum 2015

2015-09-09 Thread Paolo Bonzini
Bonzini [pbonz...@redhat.com]; xen-de...@lists.xen.org [xen-de...@lists.xen.org]; Laszlo Ersek [ler...@redhat.com]; Ademar de Souza Reis Jr. [ar...@redhat.com] Subject: RE: [edk2] EDK II & GPL - Re: OVMF BoF @ KVM Forum 2015 The recent expansions beyond BSD where all permissive licenses (BSD