From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:53871)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <gceq-qemu-devel@m.gmane.org>) id 1RFl5H-0004mB-1N
	for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:10:19 -0400
Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <gceq-qemu-devel@m.gmane.org>) id 1RFl5F-00084N-P0
	for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:10:19 -0400
Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:44552)
	by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <gceq-qemu-devel@m.gmane.org>) id 1RFl5F-000847-0n
	for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:10:17 -0400
Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69)
	(envelope-from <gceq-qemu-devel@m.gmane.org>) id 1RFl5D-0001Y2-G4
	for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:10:15 +0200
Received: from 93-34-218-143.ip51.fastwebnet.it ([93.34.218.143])
	by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian))
	id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00
	for <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:10:15 +0200
Received: from pbonzini by 93-34-218-143.ip51.fastwebnet.it with local (Gmexim
	0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00
	for <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:10:15 +0200
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:10:03 +0200
Message-ID: <j7h2eb$ol6$1@dough.gmane.org>
References: <1318213565-3268-1-git-send-email-jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
	<1318213565-3268-7-git-send-email-jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
	<CAAu8pHvmqQYur86VznLUHYj7AV85GN4XkhneT2YnFSsMPi=Chw@mail.gmail.com>
	<4E9C0746.3030509@suse.de> <4E9C07D1.9090004@redhat.com>
	<4E9C0C6F.6070502@suse.de>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
In-Reply-To: <4E9C0C6F.6070502@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] GPLv3 troubles
List-Id: <qemu-devel.nongnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/options/qemu-devel>,
	<mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel>
List-Post: <mailto:qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel>,
	<mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org?subject=subscribe>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org

On 10/17/2011 01:07 PM, Andreas Färber wrote:
>> >  That is close to impossible, you usually ask permission for all the
>> >  authors in the history to avoid bigger problems.
> I did refer to authors in history, in case that was unclear.

Authors in history (unlike authors in git blame, but you cannot trust 
that) almost never disappear, no matter how much you rewrite.  Even 
dyngen->TCG kept a lot of the target-* code unchanged.

Making a list of GPLv2 files would be a start, though.

Paolo