From: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
To: Aleksandar Markovic <aleksandar.m.mail@gmail.com>
Cc: QEMU Developers <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
Subject: Re: [QUESTION] What is the best license option for new files introduced in QEMU?
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:29:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lfs39eae.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAL1e-=gmaimCBh5NBBYFp6Z1ci4ZheQtXpyjU9Uexqi4zSHh2A@mail.gmail.com> (Aleksandar Markovic's message of "Mon, 25 Nov 2019 18:49:51 +0100")
Aleksandar Markovic <aleksandar.m.mail@gmail.com> writes:
> I read LICENSE file, but I read also recent contributions, and it is
> not clear to me what version of GPL is best/recommended for new file
> just being introduced to QEMU:
The situation is confusing. It's a mess of our own making.
> * GPL 2.0
> * GPL 2.0 (or later at your option)
> * GPL 2.1
> * GPL 2.1 (or later at your option)
>
> or something else. (The rest od wording of license preamble is clear
> to me.) Please somebody explsin snd clarify.
Let's not add to the mess: GPLv2+ unless you have a compelling reason to
deviate, spelled out in your commit message.
In my opinion, accepting GPLv2-only contributions was a mistake.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-11-26 9:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-25 17:49 [QUESTION] What is the best license option for new files introduced in QEMU? Aleksandar Markovic
2019-11-25 19:25 ` Aleksandar Markovic
2019-11-25 21:27 ` Eric Blake
2019-11-25 23:59 ` Aleksandar Markovic
2019-11-26 7:05 ` Thomas Huth
2019-11-26 9:29 ` Markus Armbruster [this message]
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