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

Christophe Fergeau cfergeau at redhat.com
Mon Jan 28 15:41:58 UTC 2013


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.

Christophe
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