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Re: Debian-installer, older hardware, boot loaders, miboot & amiboot & ..



Scripsit Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>

> Worse case scenario, this could be clean-room reimplemented.

Before doing that, somebody ought to approach Apple and ask explicit
permission to reverse-engineer the boot-block code and distribute the
reverse-engineered source under a free license.

The worst that can happen is that the request ends up with some
clueless corporate lawyer whose instinctive reaction is, "No way;
that's *our* IP" - but if he has the slightest bit of clue he will
realise that Apple does not really have any commercial interest in
clinging to this particular piece of IP.

-- 
Henning Makholm                "De kan rejse hid og did i verden nok så flot
                                 Og er helt fortrolig med alverdens militær"



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