[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/9] EFI payload / application support

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Tue Jan 5 21:18:56 CET 2016


On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 06:39:16PM +0000, Leif Lindholm wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 01:10:39PM -0500, Tom Rini wrote:
> > So, my only "big" concern here is, are we as a community able to view
> > and implement the relevant parts of the UEFI spec (without having to
> > agree to a potentially complicated enough license to have to bug a
> > lawyer)?  It's been a while since I tried to view a copy so I'm hoping
> > the answer is now yes.  Thanks!
> 
> So:
> 1) You can certainly read the specification without agreeing to
>    anything (click-through is now gone - docs accessible straight from
>    http://uefi.org/specifications/).
> 2) The potential complication would be with regards to implementing
>    and distributing - which requires signing the Adopters Agreement:
>    http://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/UEFI_Adopters_Agreement_100907.pdf
> 
> I actually think the implications of 2) for a project like U-Boot
> would be a useful thing to bring up for discussion on the FW/OS forum
> mailing list at http://uefi.org/FWOSForum.

The answer I got back is
http://lists.mailman.uefi.org/pipermail/fw_os_forum/20160105/000004.html
and in short, individuals are welcome to (and apparently many have) sign
and execute the agreement.  People that work for companies that have
already signed the agreement are good to go.  To me, this is reasonable
for the goals U-Boot has with respect to UEFI implementation.

-- 
Tom
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