[Libosinfo] [PATCH 2/8] winxp, installer: Ignore unsigned drivers

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) zeeshanak at gnome.org
Mon Jan 28 16:05:53 UTC 2013


On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Christophe Fergeau <cfergeau at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 05:05:28PM +0200, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote:
>> I don't really see this a real security feature of windows but more a
>> control feature of Microsoft as they have made it impossible for free
>> drivers to be signed.
>
> [snip]
>
>> If it was possible to have free (as in Free Software) drivers that
>> were signed, we wouldn't have issues with virtio and qxl either.
>
> It is possible to have signed free drivers, it's copyleft licences that
> they are rejecting.

whats the difference between copyleft and free, as in Free Software?
Reading this, I don't see any:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft

-- 
Regards,

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
FSF member#5124




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