[OpenBIOS] [PATCH] add copyright message to root node at startup

[BALATON Zoltan]

On Fri, 5 Feb 2016, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
> If you look back at the archives, the concern is whether or not having
> an Apple copyright string visible in the source and at runtime could
> cause legal issues with OpenBIOS and ultimately QEMU.
>
> Realistically I don't think Apple could care that much, but without
> confirmation from Apple themselves (and the fact that this could also
> affect QEMU) then I'd much rather take the safe option.

I have no idea about legal things either but if at the end the copyright 
string becomes visible in the device tree, however it's put there, does it 
change anything if it's plain text or obfuscated in the source? It would 
still be there only obfuscated. Wouldn't adding a different string that's 
enough to make the OS happy but saying "not copyright Apple" that was also 
suggested be better to clearly show why it's there but avoid problems by 
having a false copyright notice?

As legal things are, they could sew someone anyway just for trying to use 
MacOS on non-Apple hardware which is probably not allowed by its license 
so maybe the copyright message would not cause much more problems.

Regards,
BALATON Zoltan