Re: [PATCH] import multiboot1 specification in grub trunk

2009-10-31 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 01:35:23PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > 1) deleting files fails because of .svn directories > 2) One of the hunks for configure.ac was rejected. > 3) Is there any reason for keeping following line: > HELP2MAN = help2man > 4) version is still wrong. > 5) It

Re: [PATCH] import multiboot1 specification in grub trunk

2009-08-24 Thread Isaac Dupree
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Isaac Dupree wrote: Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: 8) COPYING contains GPLv2. fdl.texi isn't imported. I'm not a lawyer but following is my analysis AFAICT only example kernel is under GPL (v2 to be precise) the rest i

Re: [PATCH] import multiboot1 specification in grub trunk

2009-08-24 Thread Felix Zielcke
Am Montag, den 24.08.2009, 20:52 +0200 schrieb Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko: > > If we have any, then it doesn't fall within the Debian Free > > Software Guidelines and Debian et al. will be annoyed and not distribute it > > as much. > Actually this doesn't matter. GRUB is GNU project and invarian

Re: [PATCH] import multiboot1 specification in grub trunk

2009-08-24 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
> If we have any, then it doesn't fall within the Debian Free > Software Guidelines and Debian et al. will be annoyed and not distribute it > as much. Actually this doesn't matter. GRUB is GNU project and invariant sections and cover texts are completely ok. Additionally it's a coder manual so it's

Re: [PATCH] import multiboot1 specification in grub trunk

2009-08-24 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Isaac Dupree wrote: > Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: >>> >>> 8) COPYING contains GPLv2. fdl.texi isn't imported. >> >> I'm not a lawyer but following is my analysis >> AFAICT only example kernel is under GPL (v2 to be precise) the rest is >> either custom lice

Re: [PATCH] import multiboot1 specification in grub trunk

2009-08-24 Thread Isaac Dupree
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: 8) COPYING contains GPLv2. fdl.texi isn't imported. I'm not a lawyer but following is my analysis AFAICT only example kernel is under GPL (v2 to be precise) the rest is either custom license, unclaimed copyright or non-copyrightable. IMO multiboot specificati

Re: [PATCH] import multiboot1 specification in grub trunk

2009-08-24 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
> 8) COPYING contains GPLv2. fdl.texi isn't imported. I'm not a lawyer but following is my analysis AFAICT only example kernel is under GPL (v2 to be precise) the rest is either custom license, unclaimed copyright or non-copyrightable. IMO multiboot specification should be FDL with cover text "Mult

Re: [PATCH] import multiboot1 specification in grub trunk

2009-08-24 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Robert Millan wrote: > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:56:09PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Robert Millan wrote: >> > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 05:38:58PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko >> > wrote: >> >> On Wed, Au

Re: [PATCH] import multiboot1 specification in grub trunk

2009-08-23 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:56:09PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Robert Millan wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 05:38:58PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko > > wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Robert Millan wrote: > >> > On Wed, Au

Re: [PATCH] import multiboot1 specification in grub trunk

2009-08-20 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Robert Millan wrote: > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 05:38:58PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Robert Millan wrote: >> > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 01:54:46PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko >> > wrote: >> >> This is a d

Re: [PATCH] import multiboot1 specification in grub trunk

2009-08-20 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 05:38:58PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Robert Millan wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 01:54:46PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko > > wrote: > >> This is a dirty import of multiboot specification from grub1. It > >> d

Re: [PATCH] import multiboot1 specification in grub trunk

2009-08-19 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Robert Millan wrote: > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 01:54:46PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: >> This is a dirty import of multiboot specification from grub1. It >> doesn't compile it unless explicitly requested since we don't have >> appropriate autoconf te

Re: [PATCH] import multiboot1 specification in grub trunk

2009-08-19 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 01:54:46PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > This is a dirty import of multiboot specification from grub1. It > doesn't compile it unless explicitly requested since we don't have > appropriate autoconf tests yet. The main goal is to leave no current > documentati