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Re: legal stuff about miBoot



On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 03:28, Jeremie Koenig wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 08:55:40AM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > Where did you get your "upstream" version ? miBoot is distributed as
> > part of the BootX package (shares some sources with it) and is GPLed
> > 
> > Make sure you get an up to date version.
> 
> I've tried to use the version in BootX 1.2.2 before, but making it work
> for us would probably be hard, whereas 1.0d4 just fits in. We've got
> everything working well with it, we're only missing your permission
> before OldWorld stuff can be officially integrated and d-i floppy images
> produced.
> 
> Is there any problem with Debian distributing miBoot 1.0d4 under the
> GPL ?

1.0d4 has numerous issues and will not work with recent kernels afaik.

Why is there a problem using the more recent one ?

Ben.




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