[LinuxBIOS] grub-linuxbios in Debian sid

[Robert Millan]

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 :-/

[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

[Robert Millan]

On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 12:28:14AM +0200, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> 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+.

Great!

But the tarball in linuxbios.org still says otherwise.  Please could you
update it?

(I know it might seem burdensome that this mail isn't enough, but this is
standard practice within Debian; I hope you don't mind)

[Ward Vandewege]

Hey Robert!

On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 12:00:03AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> 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

This is excellent. I need to start playing with grub2 soon, and this will
make it a lot easier. Thank you!

Thanks,
Ward.