Re: [PATCH 12/14] KVM: x86 emulator

[David Bristow <djbristow-p32f3XyCuykqcZcGjlUOXw@public.gmane.org>]

On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 14:12 +0100, Hesse, Christian wrote:
> On Tuesday 07 November 2006 13:55, Avi Kivity wrote:
> > Pavel Machek wrote:
> > >> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/kvm/x86_emulate.c
> > >> ===================================================================
> > >> --- /dev/null
> > >> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/kvm/x86_emulate.c
> > >> @@ -0,0 +1,1370 @@
> > >> +/**********************************************************************
> > >>******** + * x86_emulate.c
> > >> + *
> > >> + * Generic x86 (32-bit and 64-bit) instruction decoder and emulator.
> > >> + *
> > >> + * Copyright (c) 2005 Keir Fraser
> > >> + *
> > >> + * Linux coding style, mod r/m decoder, segment base fixes, real-mode
> > >> + * privieged instructions:
> > >> + *
> > >> + * Copyright (C) 2006 Qumranet
> > >> + *
> > >> + *   Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
> > >> + *   Yaniv Kamay <yaniv-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
> > >> + *
> > >> + * From: xen-unstable 10676:af9809f51f81a3c43f276f00c81a52ef558afda4
> > >> + */
> > >
> > > This needs GPL, I'd say.
> > > 									Pavel
> >
> > The entire patchset is GPL'ed.  Do you mean to make it explicit?  If so,
> > how?  I'd rather not copy the entire license into each file.
> >
> > Doesn't ../../COPYING cover it, presuming it's accepted?
> 
> I think Pavel references to these lines...
> 
> /*
>  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>  *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
>  *  (at your option) any later version.
>  *
>  *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>  *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>  *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
>  *  GNU General Public License for more details.
>  *
>  *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>  *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
>  *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
>  */
> 
> You should at least add a line like "This file is licensed under the terms of 
> the GPL v2 license (or any later version).".

There is a problem with this boiler-plate that should get fixed:  the
FSF no longer resides at that address, they've moved.  The new address
is:

Free Software Foundation
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
Boston, MA 02110-1301
USA


-- 
David Bristow
djbristow-p32f3XyCuykqcZcGjlUOXw@public.gmane.org


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