From: "Andreas Färber" <afaerber@suse.de>
To: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>,
Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>,
Chrysostomos Nanakos <cnanakos@grnet.gr>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.3] configure: disable by default and warn about libxseg GPLv3 license
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2015 19:03:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5526B0E6.8040908@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5526AF66.3000801@suse.de>
Am 09.04.2015 um 18:57 schrieb Andreas Färber:
> Am 09.04.2015 um 15:52 schrieb Stefan Hajnoczi:
>> libxseg has changed license to GPLv3. QEMU includes GPL "v2 only" code
>> which is not compatible with GPLv3. This means the resulting binaries
>> may not be redistributable!
>>
>> Disable Archipelago (libxseg) by default to prevent accidental license
>> violations. Also warn if linking against libxseg is enabled to remind
>> the user.
>>
>> Note that this commit does not constitute any advice about software
>> licensing. If you have doubts you should consult a lawyer.
>
> :)
>
>>
>> Cc: Chrysostomos Nanakos <cnanakos@grnet.gr>
>> Suggested-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
>> Reported-by: Andreas Färber <afaerber@suse.de>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
[...]
> Reviewed-by: Andreas Färber <afaerber@suse.de>
Erm, on second thoughts the subject is missing an object and was
probably intended to say "disable Archipelago by default". ;)
> Thanks,
> Andreas
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2015-04-09 13:52 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.3] configure: disable by default and warn about libxseg GPLv3 license Stefan Hajnoczi
2015-04-09 16:57 ` Andreas Färber
2015-04-09 17:03 ` Andreas Färber [this message]
2015-04-09 22:35 ` Peter Maydell
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