From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 4 21: 5:11 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AA2E37B401 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 21:05:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51.attbi.com [204.127.198.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAC5B43E42 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 21:05:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([12.242.158.67]) by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20021005040509.MAFD17535.rwcrmhc51.attbi.com@localhost.localdomain>; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 04:05:09 +0000 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g95487oS027391; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 21:08:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) Received: (from jojo@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g9547txS027386; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 21:07:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: jojo set sender to swear@attbi.com using -f To: pbdlists@pinboard.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: grub boot loader or freebsd boot loader References: <1795770848.20021003165825@myrealbox.com> <20021004223848.D49694@pinboard.com> From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Date: 04 Oct 2002 21:07:55 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20021004223848.D49694@pinboard.com> Message-ID: Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG pbdlists@pinboard.com writes: > Grub is very powerful. (I would like to see it as the default boot loader > on FreeBSD.) But it is not so easy to configure, a bit a steep learning I would like to see people support and develop the FreeBSD boot loader or some other loader with a decent license. The combination of the GPL'd GRUB (or GAG) boot loader and the kernel is too likely to be considerd by some judge or jury as a derivative of both parts which is sufficiently unworthy of any of the GPL's nebulous excape clauses to avoid partial or even total infection. (Especially when a dangerously-dedicated-disk install is considered.) At least, the FreeBSD core leaders won't take the risk anytime soon, I hope. I'd prefer to not waste time arguing about the true level of risk as it is only the core leaders' feelings about the risk that matters much and we can trust that they'll be copyleft-averse for a good long time. (You should be able to find the subject debated in the archives.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message