From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D0Gu3-0001VD-IU for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 05:22:59 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D0Gts-0001I6-W5 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 05:22:50 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D0GtM-0000ZJ-Qs for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 05:22:17 -0500 Received: from [65.19.178.186] (helo=pythonhacker.is-a-geek.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D0Gaf-000362-O0 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 05:02:58 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pythonhacker.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EFF5403D4 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 05:02:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from pythonhacker.is-a-geek.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pythonhacker.is-a-geek.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 01053-03 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 05:02:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pythonhacker.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24F47403CF for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 05:02:25 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] FreeOSZoo will stop March 1, 2005 From: Darryl Dixon In-Reply-To: <420EF1E8.70603@mastros.biz> References: <200502121018.09039.jm@poure.com> <420DD7F8.5080805@wasp.net.au> <20050213001845.GA19429@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> <420EDABF.1090203@mastros.biz> <20050213052629.GA23176@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> <420EF1E8.70603@mastros.biz> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=-q65cf4bBe81vj4zUno2c" Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:02:21 +1300 Message-Id: <1108288942.7619.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: esrever_otua@pythonhacker.is-a-geek.net, qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org --=-q65cf4bBe81vj4zUno2c Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Actually, for clarification, anyone (including the author :), at any time, can fork an LGPL licensed programme into a GPL licensed program, provided certain constraints are met. I include the relevant section of the LGPL below for reference: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. You may opt to apply the terms of the ordinary GNU General Public License instead of this License to a given copy of the Library. To do this, you must alter all the notices that refer to this License, so that they refer to the ordinary GNU General Public License, version 2, instead of to this License. (If a newer version than version 2 of the ordinary GNU General Public License has appeared, then you can specify that version instead if you wish.) Do not make any other change in these notices. Once this change is made in a given copy, it is irreversible for that copy, so the ordinary GNU General Public License applies to all subsequent copies and derivative works made from that copy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Many regards, D On Sun, 2005-02-13 at 07:21 +0100, James Mastros wrote: > Jim C. Brown wrote: > [snip] > > Of course qemu isnt under the GPL at all, so that is impossible. Only qemu-user > > code uses the GPL license, and that is probably due to the fact that it uses > > linux kernel code. > Yes, it is, read LICENSE. qemu-user is under the GPL (proper), > qemu-proper and libqemu are under the lesser GPL. I'd recommend to > Fabrice re-licensing under the GPL proper instead of the LGPL -- if you > don't like people selling products based on qemu without them being > open-source, then the GPL is probably closer to your wishes then the > LGPL. (Of course, doing this requires consent from everyone you've ever > taken a patch from, or removal of their modifications, which may or may > not be feasible.) [snip] -- Darryl Dixon --=-q65cf4bBe81vj4zUno2c Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Actually, for clarification, anyone (including the author :), at any time, can fork an LGPL licensed programme into a GPL licensed program, provided certain constraints are met.  I include the relevant section of the LGPL below for reference:

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On Sun, 2005-02-13 at 07:21 +0100, James Mastros wrote: 
Jim C. Brown wrote:
[snip]
> Of course qemu isnt under the GPL at all, so that is impossible. Only qemu-user
> code uses the GPL license, and that is probably due to the fact that it uses
> linux kernel code.
Yes, it is, read LICENSE.  qemu-user is under the GPL (proper), 
qemu-proper and libqemu are under the lesser GPL.  I'd recommend to 
Fabrice re-licensing under the GPL proper instead of the LGPL -- if you 
don't like people selling products based on qemu without them being 
open-source, then the GPL is probably closer to your wishes then the 
LGPL.  (Of course, doing this requires consent from everyone you've ever 
taken a patch from, or removal of their modifications, which may or may 
not be feasible.)
[snip]
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Darryl Dixon <esrever_otua@pythonhacker.is-a-geek.net>
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