Re: Automake build system merge into mainline

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

> I am sorry, but I am not well versed with all the legal issues
> concerning licenses. But that was the main reason you guys created
> grub-extras, because of licensing issues right.
Only for cases when legal status is sufficiently clear, redistribuable
but not confirmed by a written document.
>  Thats also the reason
> why zfs is in grub-extras instead of being in the main repo, because
> of CDDL license.
>   
zfs code in grub-extras is based on zfs code released by Sun under
GPLv2+ in their version of grub-legacy.
>   
>> (I'd love to, since Surbhi is a colleague of mine and she's worked hard
>> on this, but we would be in breach of various people's licences by doing
>> so without permission.)
>>
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>> Colin Watson                                       address@hidden
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Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko

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