*countable infinities only

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Sat Jun 2 12:07:11 UTC 2012


drago01 wrote:
> You can even download the kernel source, study and modify it compile
> and resign it and use it just fine with secureboot.
> Either by using your own key or by using one from a CA (in this case
> MS) for 99$.

The CA will only sign kernels meeting its arbitrary security requirements 
(and possibly additional even more arbitrary requirements). That is a 
restriction on the modifications you can do and thus non-Free.

> Or you don't do the later and just disable secureboot.

Right, and I don't see why we can't just require this in the first place.

        Kevin Kofler



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