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Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: Win2k host problem with {get, free}{addr,
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To: Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>
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>>> Does gnulib have a similar replacement function?
>>
>> Very similar, in fact that must be the source.
>>
>>> The nice thing about gnulib is that in the long term, we could potentially
>>> use gnulib for compatibility and make sure to get updated code.
>>
>> One problem is that the current versions use GPLv3.
>
> Sorry, I made too hasty conclusions based on a few files.
> getaddrinfo.c and inet_ntop.c are both GPLv2+.

gnulib has a mix of various licenses.  People are usually not too picky 
about relicensing GPLv3 stuff to GPLv2+ and LGPLv3 stuff to either 
LGPLv2+, or dual GPLv2/LGPLv3.

However, using gnulib may require autoconfiscation of qemu.

Paolo