From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marek =?utf-8?Q?Marczykowski-G=C3=B3recki?= Subject: Re: [PATCH for 4.7] libxenvchan: Change license of header from Lesser GPL v2.1 to BSD Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 17:23:10 +0200 Message-ID: <20160609152310.GF1593@mail-itl> References: <20160607204705.GE1593@mail-itl> <1465482063-15623-1-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com> <308d735f-fa53-2c71-072b-69f475f62ceb@tycho.nsa.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============7439969863736168070==" Return-path: Received: from mail6.bemta3.messagelabs.com ([195.245.230.39]) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bB1nj-0003UE-J8 for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:23:19 +0000 In-Reply-To: <308d735f-fa53-2c71-072b-69f475f62ceb@tycho.nsa.gov> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: Daniel De Graaf Cc: Wei Liu , Olaf Hering , Stefano Stabellini , Keir Fraser , Ian Campbell , George Dunlap , Andrew Cooper , Matthew Daley , Ian Jackson , Tim Deegan , Roger Pau Monne , Jason Andryuk , Jan Beulich , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, Anil Madhavapeddy List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org --===============7439969863736168070== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4Cp72eN6HUuZZoDF" Content-Disposition: inline --4Cp72eN6HUuZZoDF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 11:16:10AM -0400, Daniel De Graaf wrote: > On 06/09/2016 10:21 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > > As the xen/COPYING file says: > > "A few files are licensed under both GPL and a weaker BSD-style > > license. This includes all files within the subdirectory > > include/public, as described in include/public/COPYING. All such files > > include the non-GPL license text as a source-code comment. Although > > the license text refers generically to "the software", the non-GPL > > license applies *only* to those source files that explicitly include > > the non-GPL license text." > >=20 > > The libxenvchan.h is under xen/include/public/io directory > > and the xen/include/public/COPYING says: > >=20 > > "XEN NOTICE > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > >=20 > > This copyright applies to all files within this subdirectory and its > > subdirectories: > > include/public/*.h > > include/public/hvm/*.h > > include/public/io/*.h > >=20 > > The intention is that these files can be freely copied into the source > > tree of an operating system when porting that OS to run on Xen. Doing > > so does *not* cause the OS to become subject to the terms of the GPL. > >=20 > > All other files in the Xen source distribution are covered by version > > 2 of the GNU General Public License except where explicitly stated > > otherwise within individual source files. > > " > > Having the libxenvchan.h as Lesser GPL v2.1 where the COPYING file > > says otherwise is confusing to say at least. > >=20 > > Upon consulting with the authors of libxenvchan they said: > > "FWIW Neither I, nor ITL staff (as author of original libvchan library) > > have anything against converting it to the BSD-style licence." > > (Marek Marczykowski-G=C3=B3recki, > > http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2016-06/msg00995.html) > > so as such lets change it. > >=20 > > Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk >=20 > Acked-by: Daniel De Graaf Acked-by: Marek Marczykowski-G=C3=B3recki --=20 Best Regards, Marek Marczykowski-G=C3=B3recki Invisible Things Lab A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? --4Cp72eN6HUuZZoDF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXWYndAAoJENuP0xzK19csqVIH/Re7ddD3PJLFDLTylQCasSca /dYPzUcsHnbra+/MCaYIzLDKhbpITiX1r3BPYtC2tW8U/7gAzPttVKam/q5Hfdoy 4j682LjxhnvdfrwVvAydM8nteXM68WgLuVuHnR8X2VQDpsTpoThDS1vJvvk/9eeB QOG8iZB/ELcbeRRQ5pzw1tBl3VUWTpDz7zRYms0fLs+dgmiEGeGCScs2FuWMfBjI fg7fd1Qx0hzqB1jF0E2zxOl9CdZVNRqg9GQF6mnJu+woXgLgvqFVaJqLNSQ9/d77 mlREwpIK7YjGbM68gKWl5QTRF5afdAZO6mBABUNfBNBkPt811xFLuEo4c1+kLqw= =TFIs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4Cp72eN6HUuZZoDF-- --===============7439969863736168070== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KWGVuLWRldmVs IG1haWxpbmcgbGlzdApYZW4tZGV2ZWxAbGlzdHMueGVuLm9yZwpodHRwOi8vbGlzdHMueGVuLm9y Zy94ZW4tZGV2ZWwK --===============7439969863736168070==--