From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:32889) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XrX3e-0003NF-Pr for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:06:28 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XrX3Y-0003ra-M5 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:06:22 -0500 Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.11.231]:41983) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XrX3Y-0003qq-HI for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:06:16 -0500 Message-ID: <546E3BA1.6000801@codeaurora.org> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:06:09 -0500 From: Christopher Covington MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1375251592-2537-1-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com> <1375251592-2537-3-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1375251592-2537-3-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] LICENSE: clarify List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Paolo Bonzini Cc: aliguori@us.ibm.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org Hi Paolo, On 07/31/2013 02:19 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > 1) The GPL says that "if the Program does not specify a version number > of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free > Software Foundation". This is not true, QEMU includes parts that are > v2-only. > > 2) Provide a default for files with no licensing information. > > 3) It is not just hardware emulation that is under BSD license. > > 4) Restrict GPLv2-only contributions to user mode emulation (due to > code from Linux) and PCI passthrough (due to code from Neocleus). > > 5) The rules were initially set by Fabrice but are being amended by > other people (already in commit ee12e1f, LICENSE: There is no libqemu.a > anymore, 2011-11-15). Do not put words in his mouth. > > Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini > --- > LICENSE | 15 ++++++++++----- > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE > index acae9a3..2bd2e95 100644 > --- a/LICENSE > +++ b/LICENSE > @@ -1,16 +1,21 @@ > The following points clarify the QEMU license: > > -1) QEMU as a whole is released under the GNU General Public License > +1) QEMU as a whole is released under the GNU General Public License, > +version 2. > > 2) Parts of QEMU have specific licenses which are compatible with the > -GNU General Public License. Hence each source file contains its own > -licensing information. > +GNU General Public License, version 2. Hence each source file contains > +its own licensing information. Source files with no licensing information > +are released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or (at your > +option) any later version. > > -Many hardware device emulation sources are released under the BSD license. > +As of July 2013, contributions under version 2 of the GNU General Public > +License (and no later version) are only accepted for the following files > +or directories: bsd-user/, linux-user/, hw/misc/vfio.c, hw/xen/xen_pt*. > > 3) The Tiny Code Generator (TCG) is released under the BSD license > (see license headers in files). > > 4) QEMU is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard. > > -Fabrice Bellard. > +Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU team http://wiki.qemu.org/License appears to be out of sync with these changes. Thanks, Chris -- Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project