I recently upgraded my boot-loader to GNU GRUB 2. It has several new interesting features which sets it apart it from the older version, now termed GRUB Legacy
Another reason for my upgrade to GNU GRUB 2 was that GRUB legacy it no longer being under active development – no new features will be added to [...]

Guess what I just realized? Passive resistance is to ahimsa what open-source is to free software. The analogy just fits.