Re: Broken A20 gate handling (about GPL)

[Hollis Blanchard]

On Jul 1, 2005, at 7:43 AM, Ludovic Drolez wrote:

> Marco Gerards wrote:
> > I think it is not possible for us to use syslinux/isolinux code I
> > think.  For GRUB the copyrights need to be assigned to the FSF before
> > a patch can be applied.
>
> !?!?!?
>
> There's no such requirement in the GNU GPL ! (and syslinux is GPLed)
>
> If collaborative work is impossible with grub, then grub is not  
> licensed under the GPL.

It's not about the GPL, it's about FSF projects:  
http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright- 
Papers.html#Copyright-Papers

Yes, it is a real pain, and inhibits development, which is true with  
most lawyerly things.

-Hollis