Re: Crypto Patch: Legal Issues

[Simon Peter]

> >> In the meantime, I've assigned copyright of my work (excluding the
> >> AES and RIPEMD implementations) to the FSF. The documents are
> >> probably already waiting in my mailbox at home. I'll get the
> >> signing done once I'm back home at the end of this month.
> > I assume that I shall need to do this as well. What is the
> > procedure for this? I couldn't find anything on the GRUB wiki, and
> > can't find any forms on the FSF website.
> Is anyone reviewing Michael's patch? It seems that when he mentions
> it, no one follows up other than to make a brief comment. I am
> presently using it and it works quite well. I would like to see it in
> GRUB2's mainstream tree. This is a significant new capability.

I'd like to join Mike in petitioning for the incorporation of Michael's
patch into GRUB. This feature is badly needed for a secure bootup.

Furthermore, my work is not really useful to end-users without all the
ciphers that Michael implemented.

Simon