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That's all we know. X-Spam_score_int: -17 X-Spam_score: -1.8 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, HTML_OBFUSCATE_05_10=0.26, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action 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-trivial@nongnu.org" , Peter Maydell , Thomas Huth , =?UTF-8?Q?Philippe_Mathieu=2DDaud=C3=A9?= , "qemu-devel@nongnu.org" Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" --000000000000cf6d6f05b126abc6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thursday, October 8, 2020, Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 wrote: >Removing existing license text is legally dubious if you are >not the >exclusive copyright on the file being changed. Yes, the >kernel did it, >but there was legal work behind the scenes before that >was done. Thanks Daniel, I won't be proceedings with the license text changes. On Thursday, October 8, 2020, Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 wrote: > On Thu, Oct 08, 2020 at 02:10:01PM +0530, Chetan wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'll be working on replacing the license text in LGPL licensed files wi= th > > the SPDX identifier tag and will submit it as a separate patch. > > Removing existing license text is legally dubious if you are not the > exclusive copyright on the file being changed. Yes, the kernel did it, > but there was legal work behind the scenes before that was done. > > Regards, > Daniel > -- > |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/ > dberrange :| > |: https://libvirt.org -o- > https://fstop138.berrange.com :| > |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/ > dberrange :| > > --000000000000cf6d6f05b126abc6 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thursday, October 8, 2020, Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 <berrange@redhat.com> wrote:

>Removing existing license text is legally dubious if you are >not t= he
>exclusive copyright on the file being changed. Yes, the >kerne= l did it,
>but there was legal work behind the scenes before that >= ;was done.

Thanks Daniel, I won't be proceedin= gs with the license text changes.

On Thursday, October 8, 2020, Dani= el P. Berrang=C3=A9 <berrange@red= hat.com> wrote:
On Thu, Oct 08, 20= 20 at 02:10:01PM +0530, Chetan wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'll be working on replacing the license text in LGPL licensed fil= es with
> the SPDX identifier tag and will submit it as a separate patch.

Removing existing license text is legally dubious if you are not the
exclusive copyright on the file being changed. Yes, the kernel did it,
but there was legal work behind the scenes before that was done.

Regards,
Daniel
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