From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9735DC4338F for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2021 15:34:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 321286135F for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2021 15:34:27 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org 321286135F Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=crudebyte.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:43926 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mIYRW-0004xv-9M for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:34:26 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41210) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mIYLh-0004Z9-HO for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:28:26 -0400 Received: from kylie.crudebyte.com ([5.189.157.229]:38737) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mIYLg-0007FN-65 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:28:25 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crudebyte.com; s=kylie; h=Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From: Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=nPvkmQHaQu3LFUvF7wRKlZbpHDMDDExWqEgHiSSjsp0=; b=BJ3mBz1t/KVsCGBubkFwCzMJQh kF2J/WIjLMmhb14VvbLT6ME0LF6X+yRUTt2Mrgt64qqfo0YibaKbKmNEZWtQcX7VuXFv/nqefw5UZ xt0H9o0tLEV1UcGkiFU9QMq+g6VOcaQOiPVItyiop9bZiMU9Igq2DExj55p5i1KCAUGYFle8WMZPD XUtqRNWChggALVlm57N7u/NdCjhmYFWPJX8nmHhfFnvuO0w1jR0eyuMthXH/nlD8j+PSQqZJas8CY RwXiBZxkuOrmiIYnm3kbKtM9QpNwRCIpPaTXesGn2rlFeb6mGSl+ff+qAe1khMFcln8JXXc5LEFZn nKnakKsY9C7fMMw6mzmPNXpnkFA0M2UvRFKYnXE+SaBktjonNsnik2FR4Pdue0z8xM1GWjKpFUcpn sHtgf7i1ONZ0aYAAJ0qPrJrGktbHvwHRaGipnxnEJ1hFsGYuQR+CxyzVtslb51lHSEgwHkSwvBcuM R7o2cQV0MDCHIKwKM5Z8JPdG+XWDbTY3bgNh6JuhRN4OvvjMy9oBn9mhNiJGhXkxd6J8RWnWJodsw AopDODnU0cIiPlR62q88gpsg8o80UYR+j6jVXJAc1HE4+g5nWCyn1FlvWf/PRoA61xeU/prCVUGyR GDOUbXbxAzh8NN98bk8B3BfWA8PBU+3mOm5O72xsE=; From: Christian Schoenebeck To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: Markus Armbruster , Richard Henderson , Greg Kurz Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] qemu/qarray.h: introduce QArray Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2021 17:28:21 +0200 Message-ID: <30752721.RNLqSdXVJZ@silver> In-Reply-To: <3111762.5NimiMBNql@silver> References: <8735qydhqf.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org> <3111762.5NimiMBNql@silver> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Received-SPF: pass client-ip=5.189.157.229; envelope-from=qemu_oss@crudebyte.com; helo=kylie.crudebyte.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On Dienstag, 24. August 2021 17:24:50 CEST Christian Schoenebeck wrote: > On Dienstag, 24. August 2021 16:45:12 CEST Markus Armbruster wrote: > > Christian Schoenebeck writes: > > > On Dienstag, 24. August 2021 10:22:52 CEST Markus Armbruster wrote: > > [...] > > > > >> Please use GPLv2+ unless you have a compelling reason not to. > > >> > > >> [...] > > > > > > Is that a requirement? > > > > > > It is just my personal license preference. AFAICS there are numerous > > > sources in QEMU released under MIT license as well. > > > > The licensing situation is a mess. > > > > The only hard requirement is "compatible with GPLv2+". We prefer GPLv2+ > > for new code, except as detailed in ./LICENSE. We're stuck with a > > sizable body of existing code that is GPLv2 (no +), but decided to put > > limits to that madness. Again, see ./LICENSE for details. > > > > I'm asking you to help with limiting the madness by sticking to GPLv2+ > > whenever possible. > > Okay, I see that there is quite a homogenous license structure in Qemu. > However the MIT license is a very permissive license, so I don't see any > conflicts. s/homogenous/heterogeneous/ > What if I release this file under public domain? That's not even copyleft at > all. What that be OK for you? "Would" that be OK for you? > My idea was that people might simply take this header file and use it in > other C projects as well. Putting it under GPL might cause conflicts for > other projects. Best regards, Christian Schoenebeck