Re: [LinuxBIOS] grub-linuxbios in Debian sid

[Stefan Reinauer]

Robert Millan wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'd like to point out that I've merged a patch with Patrick's GRUB port in the
> debian package of grub, and binaries are now provided in sid:
>
> http://packages.debian.org/sid/grub-linuxbios
>
> Unfortunately it isn't fully functional because I had to remove the IDE
> driver which isn't legaly distributable (GPLv2-only).  I hope this can be
> resolved soon since it restricts LB/GRUB usage to local patching :-/

All developers of the IDE driver agreed to release the GRUB2 version of
the driver under GPLv3+.
Only the OpenBIOS version stays GPLv2. So there is no legal problem with
the IDE driver for inclusion in GRUB2.

Stefan