Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Add BIOS splash image support

["Andreas Färber" <andreas.faerber@web.de>]

Am 17.12.2008 um 17:35 schrieb Jan Kiszka:

> Paul Brook wrote:
>>> BTW, why does qemu not carry all bochs bios source? For reference,  
>>> but
>>> also to fully comply with the LGPL (pointing to the original  
>>> source is
>>> not sufficient when delivering binaries - like e.g. bios.bin...).
>>
>> If this is really an issue, then I strongly suggest we fix it by  
>> moving the
>> bios into its own project, and have everyone fetch it from there.
>
> Qemu distributes binaries that have been generated from LGPLed sources
> (this is at least the case for bochs, one would have to check the
> situation for the other firmware images), so it has to provide the
> corresponding source code according to the license terms.

The GPL v2 allows several methods for distributing source code.  
Providing them alongside binaries is one option (3.a), providing it on  
request on some medium is another (3.b).
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php

GPLv3 further allows to link to external source locations (6.d).
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

IANAL.

Andreas