From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Moritz =?iso-8859-1?q?M=FChlenhoff?= Subject: Avoiding the use of test signing for the GPLPV drivers for 64 bit Windows Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:02:21 +0200 Message-ID: <201108221202.22148.muehlenhoff@univention.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Hi, we've been investigating ways to deploy the GPLPV drivers for Windows 2008 w/o the need to activate the test mode (not for strictly technical reasons;= =20 the drivers work fine but some third party applications void their warranty= =20 if run under test mode and the mandatory note on the desktop may lead to us= er confusion). I found a mailing lis thread, where a similar scenario has been discussed for the libusb drivers. The relevant bits start here: http://libusb.6.n5.nabble.com/WHQL-Testing-Agreement-and-GPLv3-conflicts-td= 3335877.html Microsoft doesn't permit GPLv2 und GPLv3 drivers in their Windows Logo Program (which is a prerequisite for WHQL certification). However in this thread someone from Wind River contacted Microsoft and they pointed to the possibility to sign the driver with a certificate issues by a CA instead of the WHQL signatures (the full document is attached to the second link): http://libusb.6.n5.nabble.com/WHQL-Testing-Agreement-and-GPLv3-conflicts-tp= 335877p3337666.html http://libusb.6.n5.nabble.com/WHQL-Testing-Agreement-and-GPLv3-conflicts-tp= 3335877p3341534.html In my understanding this certificate would be a SPC certificate http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff552299%28v=3Dvs.85%29.aspx http://www.certum.eu/certum/cert,offer_software_publisher.xml Later on in the thread it's being confirmed that this procedure allows the installation of the driver w/o popups and activation of the test mode: http://libusb.6.n5.nabble.com/WHQL-Testing-Agreement-and-GPLv3-conflicts-tp= 3335877p3339827.html Is anyone already building and signing the GPLPV drivers with that procedu= re? Cheers, Moritz =2D-=20 Moritz M=FChlenhoff muehlenhoff@univention.de Open Source Software Engineer and Consultant Univention GmbH Linux for Your Business fon: +49 421 22 232- 0 Mary-Somerville-Str.1 28359 Bremen fax: +49 421 22 232-99 http://www.univention.de