From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FTKFX-0007a2-7f for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:53:47 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FTKFV-0007ZU-T6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:53:46 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FTKFV-0007ZR-QP for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:53:45 -0400 Received: from [62.89.75.144] (helo=bozon2.softax.com.pl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FTKKO-0003ae-Jt for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:58:48 -0400 Message-ID: <443BC6FE.7090607@softax.com.pl> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:10:54 +0200 From: Sebastian Kaliszewski MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] why is kqemu closed? References: <41e41e7a0604100820y3a20e731n4fb22e14db01e54e@mail.gmail.com> <3ef9fbda81a71790b3cc0575ebf95538@localhost> <443A8033.9000409@win4lin.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: balrogg@gmail.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org andrzej zaborowski wrote: > Now, whether using kqemu together with a linux kernel will still be > legal is a different issue, but here the question is whether the user > is breaking the law, not the author. > And then GPL explicitly allows user to do anything (s)he wishes, including (but not limited to) linking with closed source software, incorporating into closed source software, etc. until resultant binary is used "internally" (i.e. is not spread further). rgds -- Sebastian Kaliszewski