Re: Qemu License question

[Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>]

On 13/06/2024 07.22, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Manos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org> writes:
> 
>> On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 06:26, Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com> wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> The following files are marked as GPL-3.0-or-later. Will these
>>> Conflict with Qemu LICENSE?
>>>
>>> Should we update the files to GPL-2.0?
>>>
>>> ./tests/tcg/aarch64/semicall.h:7: * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
>>> ./tests/tcg/x86_64/system/boot.S:13: * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
>>> ./tests/tcg/riscv64/semicall.h:7: * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
>>> ./tests/tcg/multiarch/float_convs.c:6: * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
>>> ./tests/tcg/multiarch/float_helpers.h:6: * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
>>> ./tests/tcg/multiarch/libs/float_helpers.c:10: * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
>>> ./tests/tcg/multiarch/arm-compat-semi/semihosting.c:7: * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
>>> ./tests/tcg/multiarch/arm-compat-semi/semiconsole.c:7: * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
>>> ./tests/tcg/multiarch/float_convd.c:6: * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
>>> ./tests/tcg/multiarch/float_madds.c:6: * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
>>> ./tests/tcg/i386/system/boot.S:10: * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
>>> ./tests/tcg/arm/semicall.h:7: * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Peng.
>>
>> Hello Peng,
>>
>> These are all actually GPL-2.0-or-later, in fact I can't find the string GPL-3.0-or-later in the current master at all.
> 
> See commit 542b10bd148a (tests/tcg: update licenses to GPLv2 as intended).

Maybe it could be included in the stable releases before 9.0, too?
CC:-ing qemu-stable for this now.

  Thomas