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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] Provide PE binary definitions
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On Fri, Jul 04, 2014 at 10:12:51PM +0300, Anca Emanuel wrote:
> Wow MZ ? EXE for MSDOS and Windows ???
> 
> After more research, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Executable
> [quote]PE is a modified version of the Unix COFF (Common Object File
> Format).[/quote]
> 
> How can anyone be sure that Microsoft will not sue about this ?

We already build a kernel that's a valid PE executable for UEFI systems.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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