From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44684) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RFq5O-0004z7-Lb for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:30:47 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RFq5M-0004gt-91 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:30:46 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:36881 helo=mx2.suse.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RFq5M-0004gn-4F for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:30:44 -0400 Message-ID: <4E9C5832.908@suse.de> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:30:42 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andreas_F=E4rber?= MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1318213565-3268-1-git-send-email-jcmvbkbc@gmail.com> <1318213565-3268-7-git-send-email-jcmvbkbc@gmail.com> <4E9C0746.3030509@suse.de> <4E9C21C0.5070102@us.ibm.com> <4E9C249D.3080509@redhat.com> <4E9C38F5.2060803@codemonkey.ws> In-Reply-To: <4E9C38F5.2060803@codemonkey.ws> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] GPLv3 troubles List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Anthony Liguori Cc: Anthony Liguori , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Blue Swirl , Max Filippov , Avi Kivity , Paolo Bonzini Am 17.10.2011 16:17, schrieb Anthony Liguori: > On 10/17/2011 07:50 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> On 10/17/2011 02:38 PM, Anthony Liguori 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 cod= e >>>> and there will probably be a GPLv4 one day. >>> >>> I don't see anything wrong with GPLv2 only. While I don't think there= 's >>> anything wrong with GPLv3, I think that "or later" is a dangerous cla= use >>> to add. >> >> License fragmentation with respect to the de facto standard toolchain >> (binutils) >> is wrong. >=20 > Fragmentation with respect to the de factor standard kernel (Linux) is > wrong. Tell that to the GNU and FSF people. :) In my personal opinion, Open Source licenses should preserve our freedom, not make us unnecessarily duplicate code. I'm just asking to not make the situation worse than it is. Regards, Andreas --=20 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imend=F6rffer; HRB 16746, AG N=FCrnb= erg