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From: Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Kqemu for windows more free than kqemu for linux?
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:42:50 +0100
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On Wednesday 27 July 2005 15:15, Elefterios Stamatogiannakis wrote:
> Not to start a flame war here but i find it odd that the license of
> kqemu for windows is a LOT more free than the license of linux kqemu.
>
> License for kqemu-win32.c is a lot like public domain + below clause:
>
>   * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
> included in
>   * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
>
> License for kqemu-linux.c is simply this:
>
>   * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Fabrice Bellard

This is all rather irrelevant as the important bit is the binary object 
released under a proprietary licence.

The reason for the difference is that the win32 parts were written by a 
different author, and are also used by qvm86. The linux parts were written by 
Fabrice, so presumably are covered by the kqemu licence.

Paul