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As a [[word play]], the name "gummiboot" means "[[inflatable boat|rubber (inflatable) boat]]" in [[German language|German]], the native language of its initial developers.<ref name="theh-gummi" /> Despite being developed by two of its employees, Red Hat's [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora Project]] did not use gummiboot for booting UEFI systems; instead, it used efilinux to [[chainload]] GRUB.<ref name="theh-gummi" /><ref name="lwn-efilinux" />

gummiboot was licensed under [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.1-or-later]], unlike GRUB which is licensed under the [[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]. This distinction was intended to allow gummiboot to be suitable for use on UEFI systems implementing [[Secure Boot|secure boot]],<ref name=theh-gummi>{{cite web|title=Gummiboot is an EFI boot loader that "just works"|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Gummiboot-is-an-EFI-boot-loader-that-just-works-1628719.html|publisher=The H|accessdate=11 September 2012}}</ref> due to concerns surrounding its requirement to distribute all authorization keys ([[digital certificate]]s) needed to run GPL-v3-licensed software if [[hardware restrictions]] such as secure boot are in effect.<ref name=lwn-efilinux>{{cite web|title=Ubuntu details its UEFI secure boot plans|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/503803/|publisher=Linux Weekly News|accessdate=11 September 2012}}</ref>

== See also ==