From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:45607) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QHNID-00030h-Mw for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 03 May 2011 17:38:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QHNIC-0003fE-FO for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 03 May 2011 17:38:05 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:11562) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QHNIC-0003f4-7G for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 03 May 2011 17:38:04 -0400 Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 00:37:46 +0300 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Message-ID: <20110503213746.GA6774@redhat.com> References: <4DC00BB1.7000008@siemens.com> <4DC031CC.1040902@siemens.com> <4DC03F21.6070507@codemonkey.ws> <4DC04177.6020702@siemens.com> <4DC0426A.5090008@codemonkey.ws> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4DC0426A.5090008@codemonkey.ws> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Anthony Liguori Cc: Peter Maydell , Rusty Russell , kvm , Jan Kiszka , Marcelo Tosatti , qemu-devel , Alexander Graf , Avi Kivity On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 12:59:06PM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote: > On 05/03/2011 12:55 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote: > >On 2011-05-03 19:45, Anthony Liguori wrote: > >>On 05/03/2011 12:30 PM, Peter Maydell wrote: > >>>On 3 May 2011 17:48, Jan Kiszka wrote: > >>>>Kernel headers were automatically imported from current kvm.git, > >>>>93c016c8c4. Some are not covered by any license and can be considered > >>>>GPLv2 with user space exception. > >>> > >>>Hmm. Can't we just get whoever owns those files to apply a suitable > >>>copyright and license header to them? Committing files to qemu.git > >>>which don't have a clear (and clearly stated) copyright/license seems > >>>like a bad plan to me... > >> > >>Which are the headers in question? > > > >include/asm-powerpc: explicit GPLv2 > >include/asm-s390: explicit GPLv2 > >include/asm/x86: no license mentioned > >include/linux/kvm*: no license mentioned > >include/linux/vhost: no license mentioned > > Michael/Avi, can ya'll add copyrights/licenses as appropriate? All kernel is GPLv2 with userspace exceptions. The explicit GPLv2 licenses are likely uninitentional. So I don't really believe licenses are applicable in headers, we see how this creates confusion. Just place the kernel COPYING file into the include directory? > >include/linux/virtio*: "BSB" > > > >The last group already popped up here during a license clearing of the > >kernel. I contacted Rusty on them and got the answer "Standard 3 clause. > > The 4 clause is incompatible with the GPL." That was OK for our > >purposes, but I nevertheless asked Rusty to push a clarifying sentence > >to the kernel - unfortunately this did not happen so far. > > Rusty, do you want to put together a patch with the full license or > should I? > > Regards, > > Anthony Liguori > > > > >Jan > >