From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:35183) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RFkjn-0006AV-C1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:48:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RFkjl-00043q-S8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:48:07 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:32885) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RFkjl-00042Q-N1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:48:05 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RFkjj-0000fj-H5 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:48:03 +0200 Received: from 93-34-218-143.ip51.fastwebnet.it ([93.34.218.143]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:48:03 +0200 Received: from pbonzini by 93-34-218-143.ip51.fastwebnet.it with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:48:03 +0200 From: Paolo Bonzini Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:47:45 +0200 Message-ID: <4E9C07D1.9090004@redhat.com> References: <1318213565-3268-1-git-send-email-jcmvbkbc@gmail.com> <1318213565-3268-7-git-send-email-jcmvbkbc@gmail.com> <4E9C0746.3030509@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4E9C0746.3030509@suse.de> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] GPLv3 troubles List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: Blue Swirl , Max Filippov , Anthony Liguori , Avi Kivity On 10/17/2011 12:45 PM, Andreas Färber wrote: > Could we please draft some policy on this? This is not a GDB issue, it's > very general. Whether we like it or not, there is GPLv3-licensed code > and there will probably be a GPLv4 one day. > > IMO having old GPLv2-only code is one thing. But there's a lot of new > GPLv2-only code cooking and occasionally pouring in, especially from > qemu-kvm. Device assignment is a current example I encountered. > > If we could make checkpatch.pl detect new GPLv2-only code, then I would > hope, given the dynamic QEMU development of the last few years, that the > GPLv2-only portions become so small (both in relation and absolute) that > they can either be replaced or the authors' permission be obtained to > change the license to GPLv2-or-later. That is close to impossible, you usually ask permission for all the authors in the history to avoid bigger problems. Paolo