From: Kai Meyer <kai.meyer@storagecraft.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Nate Bushman <Nate.Bushman@storagecraft.com>,
Stefan Weil <weil@mail.berlios.de>,
qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>,
Artyom Tarasenko <atar4qemu@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Add support for new image type
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 14:18:19 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FB55D0B.8070904@storagecraft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FB554F5.6080701@redhat.com>
On 05/17/2012 01:43 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Il 17/05/2012 19:53, Kai Meyer ha scritto:
>>> Morally it's wrong, but a copyright holder cannot stop you on
>>> moral grounds. Legally, you should consult a lawyer.
>> What you say is morally wrong here is a bit ambiguous to me. Do you
>> mean using modified versions of qemu internally at StorageCraft is
>> morally wrong?
> No, it's fine. Internally you can do whatever you want.
>
>> Or do you mean that a run-time linking version would not be in
>> violation of the GPL legally, but it would be morally wrong?
> I cannot answer about the legal part; it's possible that it's legal but
> anyway you should listen to a lawyer's opinion and not mine.
>
> Anthony explained that, at least for him, it would be morally wrong.
> Other people's mileage may vary.
>
> Paolo
It's enough for us that prominent members of the qemu community
(particularly copyright holders) consider it immoral. We'll simply avoid
it entirely.
I think this will wrap things up for us quite nicely. Thanks again for
all your help and patience.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-17 20:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-29 21:52 [Qemu-devel] Add support for new image type Kai Meyer
2012-03-01 0:16 ` Brian Jackson
2012-03-01 15:03 ` Kevin Wolf
2012-03-01 19:45 ` Kai Meyer
2012-03-01 20:10 ` Stefan Weil
2012-03-01 20:18 ` Stefan Weil
2012-03-01 20:31 ` Kai Meyer
2012-03-01 21:05 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-03-01 21:14 ` Kai Meyer
2012-03-02 6:54 ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-03-02 18:38 ` Kai Meyer
2012-03-05 9:14 ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-03-05 12:14 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-05-16 17:06 ` Kai Meyer
2012-05-16 17:48 ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-05-16 18:21 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-05-16 18:56 ` Kai Meyer
2012-05-16 19:20 ` Kai Meyer
2012-05-17 9:10 ` Artyom Tarasenko
2012-05-17 9:41 ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-05-17 11:03 ` Artyom Tarasenko
2012-05-17 17:53 ` Kai Meyer
2012-05-17 19:43 ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-05-17 20:18 ` Kai Meyer [this message]
2012-03-01 20:26 ` Kai Meyer
2012-03-01 20:38 ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-03-01 20:53 ` Stefan Weil
2012-03-01 21:02 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-03-08 15:17 ` Kevin Wolf
2012-03-08 17:16 ` Nate Bushman
2012-03-09 9:23 ` Kevin Wolf
2012-03-09 10:28 ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-03-09 11:26 ` Kevin Wolf
2012-03-10 16:54 ` Nate Bushman
2012-03-10 16:53 ` Nate Bushman
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