From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I1kuC-00050X-7e for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:18:36 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I1ku9-0004yp-Gb for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:18:34 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I1ku8-0004yl-OQ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:18:32 -0400 Received: from cpe-24-31-250-242.kc.res.rr.com ([24.31.250.242] helo=hachi.dashjr.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I1ku8-0001Q3-Cn for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:18:32 -0400 Received: from [192.168.29.4] (adsl-76-194-177-181.dsl.ksc2mo.sbcglobal.net [76.194.177.181]) (Authenticated sender: luke-jr) by hachi.dashjr.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD5AD960B6B for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:18:24 +0000 (UTC) From: Luke -Jr Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardware Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:18:01 -0500 References: <7d3e40d50706210428g11396d53y73fc12d326d71a59@mail.gmail.com> <200706211724.25832.luke@dashjr.org> <20070621.163358.-1947356063.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20070621.163358.-1947356063.imp@bsdimp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200706221018.01516.luke@dashjr.org> Reply-To: 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 On Thursday 21 June 2007 17:33, M. Warner Losh wrote: > The GPL only has as much force of law as copyright law gives it, and in > order to be applicable, the work in question must somehow rely on the GPL'd > work. The "somehow" here is an interesting legal question that hasn't been > well settled. And copyright law by default grants you no rights to modify or copy Qemu at all. The ONLY way you can get permission to copy or modify Qemu is to agree to the GPL in its entirety-- which does not restrict itself to merely derivative works, but covers all linking. (note: obvious the copyright holder(s) can make exceptions to this rule) IANAL either, but as much as I have to debate this I might as well be