Re: [Qemu-devel] [multiprocess RFC PATCH 36/37] multi-process: add the concept description to docs/devel/qemu-multiprocess

[Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>]

On 07/03/2019 15.16, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Am 07.03.2019 um 09:14 hat Thomas Huth geschrieben:
>> On 07/03/2019 08.22, elena.ufimtseva@oracle.com wrote:
>>> From: Elena Ufimtseva <elena.ufimtseva@oracle.com>
>>>
>>> TODO: Make relevant changes to the doc.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: John G Johnson <john.g.johnson@oracle.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Elena Ufimtseva <elena.ufimtseva@oracle.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jagannathan Raman <jag.raman@oracle.com>
>>> ---
>>>  docs/devel/qemu-multiprocess.txt | 1109 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 1109 insertions(+)
>>>  create mode 100644 docs/devel/qemu-multiprocess.txt
>>>
>>> diff --git a/docs/devel/qemu-multiprocess.txt b/docs/devel/qemu-multiprocess.txt
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000..e29c6c8
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/docs/devel/qemu-multiprocess.txt
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,1109 @@
>>> +/*
>>> + * Copyright 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
>>> + *
>>> + * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
>>> + * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
>>> + * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
>>> + * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
>>> + * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
>>> + * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
>>> + *
>>> + * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
>>> + * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
>>> + *
>>> + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
>>> + * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
>>> + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
>>> + * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
>>> + * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
>>> + * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
>>> + * THE SOFTWARE.
>>> + */
>>
>> Somehow weird to see such a big license statement talking about
>> "software", but which applies to a text file only... Not sure if it is
>> an option for you, but maybe one of the Creative Common licenses
>> (dual-licensed with the GPLv2+) would be a better fit? E.g. for the QEMU
>> website, the content is dual-licensed: https://www.qemu.org/license.html
> 
> While we're talking about licenses, the "All rights reserved." notice is
> out of place in a license header that declares that a lot of permissions
> are granted. Better to remove it to avoid any ambiguities that could
> result from the contradiction. (Applies to the whole series.)

Apart from that, it is also not required for other work anymore. See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_rights_reserved

 Thomas