From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60649) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SV79T-00062O-Il for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2012 16:18:24 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SV79R-00021x-Ru for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2012 16:18:23 -0400 Received: from webmail.storagecraft.com ([199.101.231.144]:5045 helo=STC-EXCH.stc.local) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SV79R-00021r-MY for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2012 16:18:21 -0400 Message-ID: <4FB55D0B.8070904@storagecraft.com> Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 14:18:19 -0600 From: Kai Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4F4E9E31.50903@storagecraft.com> <4F4F8FCD.7010106@redhat.com> <4F4FD1C9.8050006@storagecraft.com> <4F4FD7C7.7030001@mail.berlios.de> <4F4FD9A6.9060308@mail.berlios.de> <4F4FE4AA.20902@codemonkey.ws> <4F4FE6C6.1070302@storagecraft.com> <4F506E92.9080902@redhat.com> <4FB3DE79.9090504@storagecraft.com> <4FB3E86B.7020206@redhat.com> <4FB3FE16.3000608@storagecraft.com> <4FB4C7D8.4010609@redhat.com> <4FB53B00.1090402@storagecraft.com> <4FB554F5.6080701@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <4FB554F5.6080701@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Add support for new image type List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Paolo Bonzini Cc: Nate Bushman , Stefan Weil , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Anthony Liguori , Artyom Tarasenko 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.