From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FTKM4-0002f4-TR for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:00:32 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FTKM4-0002ea-Dt for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:00:32 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FTKM3-0002eK-Oe for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:00:31 -0400 Received: from [62.89.75.144] (helo=bozon2.softax.com.pl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FTKQw-0004Qb-BV for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:05:34 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bozon2.softax.com.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A800EDC028 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:00:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from bozon2.softax.pl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bozon2.softax.pl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 07040-26 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:00:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [16.193.144.98] (unknown [16.193.144.98]) by bozon2.softax.com.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13AFDDC024 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:00:28 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <443BC896.5000306@softax.com.pl> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:17:42 +0200 From: Sebastian Kaliszewski MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] why is kqemu closed? References: <41e41e7a0604100820y3a20e731n4fb22e14db01e54e@mail.gmail.com> <3ef9fbda81a71790b3cc0575ebf95538@localhost> <443A8033.9000409@win4lin.com> <443B32A6.20501@foo-projects.org> In-Reply-To: <443B32A6.20501@foo-projects.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Auke Kok wrote: > no matter how you turn Linus' arguments, he doesn't like anything else > than ports from windows driver objects linked, and I can really agree > with that. Whatever the laywers say about it is moot - only judges > listen to them and Open Source doesn't listen to laywers (in generally). > Plenty of vendors are already backing up Open Source too, and not just > with t-shirts and penguins. The only thing important is what GPL says. And GPL is clear here. KQemu must be a derived work (i.e. include some source (even C headres) from kernel and/or be bound just to a Linux kernel) to be forced to go under GPL. But neither it includes any kernel headres nor it's Linux only -- the very same binary (object file) can be used with *BSD as well as Windows. So KQemu can be legally licenced under any licence Fabrice chooses. rgds -- Sebastian Kaliszewski