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Re: [ITP] FUSE 2.8
- From: David Stacey <drstacey at tiscali dot co dot uk>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:43:09 +0100
- Subject: Re: [ITP] FUSE 2.8
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- References: <D3B0219C.A498%billziss@navimatics.com>
On 17/07/16 02:02, Bill Zissimopoulos wrote:
The package has an
external dependency on my own open source project called WinFsp [WINFSP].
WinFsp includes the necessary kernel-mode driver that enables the
FUSE-like functionality on Windows. Unfortunately this driver can only be
built with Microsoft tools. Furthermore it must be signed with an EV
certificate (and going forward Microsoft will soon require that they sign
every kernel mode driver themselves through the sysdev portal).
For this reason you cannot simply get the source code for the FUSE cygport
and WinFsp and compile everything from scratch. This is not a licensing
issue (all code is AGPLv3), but a tools/signing issue.
IIRC, there is already precedent for this sort of thing in the Linux
world, as boot loaders need to be signed to work with UFEI Secure Boot -
see [1].
Dave.
[1] - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Secureboot