14 DAY TRIAL // Free Software Foundation has published a document in which it attacks the Secure Boot policy and Microsoft, and criticizes the position of Canonical.
Canonical has taken its own side in this debate that is slowly becoming more important, with the release of Windows 8 getting closer and closer.
According to the Free Software Foundation, a computer afflicted with Restricted Boot or Secure refuses to boot any operating system other than the ones the computer distributor has approved in advance.
They also go on on criticizing the approach of Canonical, who has made a sort of a compromise by removing GRUB. Keep in mind that the company has a series of deals with major PC manufacturers, so they are not as exposed as other less known developers.
“Our main concern with the Ubuntu plan is that because they are afraid of falling out of compliance with GPLv3, they plan to drop GRUB 2 on Secure Boot systems, in favor of another bootloader with a different license that lacks GPLv3's protections for user freedom.”
The complete statement from the Free Software Foundation can be found on the official website.
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