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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] introduce a dynamic library to expose qemu
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To: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Llu=EDs_Vilanova?= <vilanova@ac.upc.edu>
Cc: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>, Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>, Stefan Weil <weil@mail.berlios.de>, Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>, Wenchao Xia <xiawenc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Il 23/07/2012 13:55, Llu=EDs Vilanova ha scritto:
>>> >> I have no problems relicensing to "GPLv2 or later" or "GPLv3 or la=
ter".
>> > What about LGPLv2+?  (Note the "L".)
> I'd prefer to keep it non-lesser. Is it absolutely necessary?

This is about making the block layer part of a library.  The block layer
is 90% under a BSD license, but the LGPLv2 is a good compromise.

Paolo