UEFI Secure Boot planned to be implemented in Fedora 18

Ric Moore wayward4now at gmail.com
Mon Jun 18 07:30:53 UTC 2012


On 06/18/2012 02:10 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 17/06/12 18:17, Ric Moore wrote:
>> On 06/17/2012 03:48 AM, Andrew d~_*b wrote:
>>>
>>> I am not sure if you are aware but here is a FYI -
>>
>> It's old news by now. Over on the Fedora List many disagree with this
>> and state that it violates the GPL. So, it very well might not happen
>> if it does. Ric
>>
> You may want to read this:
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/linus-torvalds-on-windows-8-uefi-and-fedora/11187

"All platforms that enable UEFI secure boot should ship in setup mode 
where the owner has control over which platform key (PK) is installed. 
It should also be possible for the owner to return a system to setup 
mode in the future if needed."

What's the chance of that happening?? Pull my other finger. :) Ric



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