From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57CC1C432C3 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 09:50:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 23B5C2073F for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 09:50:08 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b="B5utvPVA" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 23B5C2073F Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:52030 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iZXTz-0006FQ-8b for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 04:50:07 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54074) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iZXOc-0000rt-AN for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 04:44:35 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iZXA0-0000Gb-GC for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 04:29:30 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com ([207.211.31.120]:60135 helo=us-smtp-1.mimecast.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iZX9v-0000CV-0n for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 04:29:24 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1574760558; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=/s3We4K5d3Gq0dka0iuIN+MTQ2Ng5dV5egThTYtW80E=; b=B5utvPVA/hi0gFcQlw7pNKj68EX6TrhUNvsS5agYnDTLd1qTud7zW2Y3qXwxb0B11z/qg6 a207VKcdy7wed3rXJl3iEToWcaBGsrR7afqdHoH4pkouredDjt13Vf5xPd3djkzHYqZl+W Z0BHYA7HJMmvIbiWSzrI2LcD8ORgUaY= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-425-Qyx4QZhON8yMi4GrgsvlLQ-1; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 04:29:16 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9443D1801B94; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 09:29:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blackfin.pond.sub.org (ovpn-116-134.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.134]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6385760BEC; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 09:29:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by blackfin.pond.sub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E08F51138606; Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:29:13 +0100 (CET) From: Markus Armbruster To: Aleksandar Markovic Subject: Re: [QUESTION] What is the best license option for new files introduced in QEMU? References: Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:29:13 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Aleksandar Markovic's message of "Mon, 25 Nov 2019 18:49:51 +0100") Message-ID: <87lfs39eae.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.12 X-MC-Unique: Qyx4QZhON8yMi4GrgsvlLQ-1 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 207.211.31.120 X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: QEMU Developers Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" Aleksandar Markovic 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.