From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C8646EB64DE for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2024 14:58:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1so2JR-0004m2-LR; Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:57:49 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1so2JP-0004fw-2H for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:57:47 -0400 Received: from vm1.arverb.com ([185.82.219.62]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_CHACHA20_POLY1305:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1so2JL-0004Bd-Vm for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:57:46 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; s=default; bh=6z294Wy0V6JJ s53h/hNTCRJJqlG0w9DGc2zSqPT3lSQ=; h=in-reply-to:references:subject:cc: to:from:date; d=caoua.org; b=Qh2r43Lrh3atN1Qf6gOxehhG3NLOUgnb23F8bxUaO zdkHm/STmU65Qemjig4o8gmOxDKvlm8EVPui3SRg86HBWkG7vAVl1C/AB5qDdBVxlwB2uN YUTq33niCj6/K7ge+6//DwadekeP7xOdf7Qzi3lRKdm6c98/1cO/GPYXKSYs= Received: from localhost (vm1.arverb.com [local]) by vm1.arverb.com (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPA id b86052ba; Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:57:38 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:57:38 +0200 From: Alexandre Ratchov To: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= Cc: Philippe =?utf-8?Q?Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= , Gerd Hoffmann , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Thomas Huth , Qiuhao Li , "Michael S. Tsirkin" , Stefan Hajnoczi , Eric Blake , Darren Kenny , Bandan Das , Alexander Bulekov , Markus Armbruster , Akihiko Odaki , Laurent Vivier , Paolo Bonzini , Peter Maydell , Brad Smith , Volker =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=BCmelin?= Subject: Re: [PULL 20/24] audio: Add sndio backend Message-ID: References: <20220927081912.180983-1-kraxel@redhat.com> <20220927081912.180983-21-kraxel@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.82.219.62; envelope-from=alex@caoua.org; helo=vm1.arverb.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 03:28:57PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > > > This is the single use of the ISC license in the more than 10k > > files in the repository. Just checking IIUC this document: > > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.en.html > > > > ISC -> LGPLv2.1 -> GPLv2 -> GPLv3 > > > > So ISC is compatible with GPLv2-or-later. Is that correct? > > ISC is a permissive license that's semantically pretty much equivalent > to either MIT or BSD 2 clause licenses and thus is broadly compatible > with most other licenses, including the various GPL variants/versions. > > None the less, since sndioaudio.c was a new file, it should have been > submitted using the GPLv2+, unless there was a reason it needed to > diverge and use ISC. > > An example justification for divering is if the new code is derived > from some non-QEMU source that was already ISC. > The ISC license is more permissive than GPLv2+ and compatible with it. The file uses this license for history reasons: initial versions of it used to be part of the OpenBSD ports repository, which uses ISC. If ISC is not appropriate for qemu, I agree to use GPLv2+ instead (I'm the author this file).