Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH] Emulator/X86EmulatorDxe: Replace with MultiArchUefiPkg build

["Rebecca Cran" <rebecca@bsdio.com>]

On 10/22/24 5:44 PM, Pedro Falcato wrote:

> You can build whatever GPL-violating contraption as long as you don't
> distribute it. If you do, you need to comply with the terms of the
> license.
> FWIW, GNU seems to think merely including this module would be a GPL
> violation (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#MereAggregation,
> see the mention of running together in a shared address space), and
> thus all your firmware would potentially need to be distributed under
> the GPL's terms.
>
> Ard's old version seems to only be LGPL and thus you'd only need to
> comply with the LGPL's terms for that specific module (there's no
> "virality").


If loading into the same address space is the issue, wouldn't GRUB being 
loaded infect the firmware too?

My point was that UEFI firmware could be considered a filesystem, with 
the EmulatorDxe.efi simply being on the same filesystem as the other 
drivers. That's opposed to being linked into the same binary, which is 
clearly a GPL violation.


-- 
Rebecca



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