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> The problem is: you would have to ask every contributor whose code is
> still somewhere in the source code.  That is tedious, and takes time (I do
> not even think that an email would suffice).

>>From what I read once in a slashdot post (it's worth what is worth),
it suffices a public announcement of the change and a deadline
(something around 60 to 90 days). The announce could be in QEmu
homepage and on this list...

> Besides, it would probably give problems to other projects using GPLv2 and
> using parts of QEmu (Xen, Darwine, ...).

>>From (GPLv3 myth#2: You can't mix GPL software with other software)
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=331

> Speaking for myself, I'm not that interested in licenses, but code...

Speaking for myself, I'm not that interested in licenses and code, but
on using QEmu ;) :)

Keep up the great work,
Ricardo Almeida