Re: [PATCH] import multiboot1 specification in grub trunk

[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 specification should be FDL with cover text "Multiboot
> specification"

It's better IIRC not to have any cover texts or invariant sections if we 
have a choice.  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.  (Or we could use GPL3 or CC-BY-SA for the 
specification... or has the FSF produced any revisions of the FDL 
recently? I forget)

-Isaac