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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 2/3] qapi script: add support of event
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To: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Cc: mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, lcapitulino@redhat.com, Anthony Liguori <aliguori@amazon.com>, pbonzini@redhat.com, Wenchao Xia <xiawenc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

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Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> writes:

> [Licensing problem, cc: Anthony]
>
> Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> writes:
>
>> Am 13.12.2013 um 14:31 hat Eric Blake geschrieben:
>>> On 11/12/2013 06:44 PM, Wenchao Xia wrote:
>>> > +++ b/scripts/qapi-event.py
>>> > @@ -0,0 +1,355 @@
>>> > +#
>>> > +# QAPI event generator
>>> > +#
>>> > +# Copyright IBM, Corp. 2013
>>> > +#
>>> > +# Authors:
>>> > +#  Wenchao Xia <xiawenc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>> > +#
>>> > +# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPLv2.
>>> 
>>> Can you please use GPLv2+ (that is, add the "or later" clause)?  We
>>> already have GPLv2-only code, but I don't want to increase the size of
>>> that unfortunate license choice.
>>
>> In fact, it's even worse:
>>
>> +# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPLv2.
>> +# See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
>>
>> These two lines contradict each other, COPYING.LIB contains the
>> LGPL 2.1. The same bad license header is in the other QAPI generator
>> scripts, so it's only copy&paste here.
>
> Specifically:
>
>     File                        Commit
>     scripts/qapi-commands.py    c17d9908
>     scripts/qapi-visit.py       fb3182ce
>     scripts/qapi-types.py       06d64c62
>     scripts/qapi.py             0f923be2
>
> All four from Michael Roth via Luiz.
>
>> This doesn't make things easier, because if things are copied, the
>> license of the source must be respected. And it seems rather dubious to
>> me what this license actually is. If it's GPLv2-only, we can't just
>> change it in the new copy.
>
> IANAL, and I wouldn't dare to judge which of the two conflicting license
> claims takes precedence.  Possibly neither, and then the files might
> technically not be distributable.
>
> Anyway, this mess needs to be addressed.  Michael, what was your
> *intended* license?
>
> If it wasn't GPLv2+, then why?
>
> Do we need formal ACKs from all contributors to fix the licensing
> comment in these four files?