RE: Easy grub2 installation for non Linux (Windows) systems?

[Gregg C Levine]

Hello!
No disrespect towards Nando, or you of course Robert, but is it possible
that the author of this project may have made himself deliberately unaware
of the GPLv3 license, and wasn't aware that it became the licensing scheme
(or model) behind everything we do now?

For example Nando does it say when he got it started? Next question is of
course, Robert when did the GPLv3 license become fact? Ideally this would be
the reasoning, both mine and the author's.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden
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> address@hidden On Behalf Of Robert Millan
> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 4:58 PM
> To: The development of GNU GRUB
> Subject: Re: Easy grub2 installation for non Linux (Windows) systems?
> 
> On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 10:08:10PM +1100, Nando wrote:
> > Hi Grub2 Development team,
> >
> > I've worked with a colleague to successfully implement ICHxM SMBUS PLL
> > overclocking using grub2 as described here:
> > http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=5569693
> >
> > This is great as it means an overclocked CPU state from the bootloader,
> > providing a somewhat universal solution regardless of operating system
being
> > used. The module developed 'setfsb.mod' I presume must exist on a Linux
> > partition.
> >
> > For non Linux users, it is possible to load the grub2 package and
modules on
> > an ntfs filesystem? If so, is there some easy to follow instructions on
how
> > to go about doing that?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Note that if you combine GRUB with GPLv2-only code, the resulting binaries
> aren't legally distributable.  If the copyright holders of this GPLv2 code
> did this on purpose to prevent GPLv3 programs from using it, there isn't
much
> that can be done.
> 
> However, chances are they just didn't consider this situation, and it's
> probably no problem to them to have these files relicensed to
GPLv2-or-later.
> 
> --
> Robert Millan