Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/7] MIPS: IEEE 754-2008 features support

[Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com>]

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Hi!

On Fri, 30 Jan 2015 13:47:17 +0000, "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jan 2015, Peter Maydell wrote:
> 
> > >  This patch series comprises changes to QEMU, both the MIPS backend and
> > > generic SoftFloat support code, to support IEEE 754-2008 features
> > > introduced to revision 3.50 of the MIPS Architecture as follows.
> > 
> > Just to let you know that:
> > (1) the softfloat relicensing has hit master, so this patchset isn't
> >     blocked by anything now

\o/

> > (2) I would like to see a definite "we are happy to license this
> > patchset under the SoftFloat-2a license" for these changes, because
> > they were submitted before we applied the relicensing, and therefore
> > the "changes after $DATE will be -2a license unless otherwise stated"
> > note in the sourcecode can't be assumed to apply to them.
> 
>  Thanks for the heads-up!  At this stage however someone at Mentor will 
> have to make such a statement on behalf of the company as I am no longer 
> there and as far as this patch set is concerned I am merely a member of 
> the public who can just make technical comments as anyone can, including 
> you.
> 
>  I think Thomas, being the writer of the majority of code comprising these 
> patches

Too bad that Git doesn't allow for listing several authors.  ;-)

> is now in the best position to make such a statement happen.  
> Thomas -- will you be able to take it from here?  Thanks!

It is fine to license these changes under the SoftFloat-2a license.


Grüße,
 Thomas

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