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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Add BIOS splash image support


From: Andreas Färber
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Add BIOS splash image support
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:09:41 +0100


Am 17.12.2008 um 17:35 schrieb Jan Kiszka:

Paul Brook wrote:
BTW, why does qemu not carry all bochs bios source? For reference, but also to fully comply with the LGPL (pointing to the original source is
not sufficient when delivering binaries - like e.g. bios.bin...).

If this is really an issue, then I strongly suggest we fix it by moving the
bios into its own project, and have everyone fetch it from there.

Qemu distributes binaries that have been generated from LGPLed sources
(this is at least the case for bochs, one would have to check the
situation for the other firmware images), so it has to provide the
corresponding source code according to the license terms.

The GPL v2 allows several methods for distributing source code. Providing them alongside binaries is one option (3.a), providing it on request on some medium is another (3.b).
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php

GPLv3 further allows to link to external source locations (6.d).
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

IANAL.

Andreas




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