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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost
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Michael S. Tsirkin |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost |
Date: |
Wed, 4 May 2011 00:37:46 +0300 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 12:59:06PM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> On 05/03/2011 12:55 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> >On 2011-05-03 19:45, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> >>On 05/03/2011 12:30 PM, Peter Maydell wrote:
> >>>On 3 May 2011 17:48, Jan Kiszka<address@hidden> wrote:
> >>>>Kernel headers were automatically imported from current kvm.git,
> >>>>93c016c8c4. Some are not covered by any license and can be considered
> >>>>GPLv2 with user space exception.
> >>>
> >>>Hmm. Can't we just get whoever owns those files to apply a suitable
> >>>copyright and license header to them? Committing files to qemu.git
> >>>which don't have a clear (and clearly stated) copyright/license seems
> >>>like a bad plan to me...
> >>
> >>Which are the headers in question?
> >
> >include/asm-powerpc: explicit GPLv2
> >include/asm-s390: explicit GPLv2
> >include/asm/x86: no license mentioned
> >include/linux/kvm*: no license mentioned
> >include/linux/vhost: no license mentioned
>
> Michael/Avi, can ya'll add copyrights/licenses as appropriate?
All kernel is GPLv2 with userspace exceptions. The explicit GPLv2
licenses are likely uninitentional. So I don't really believe licenses
are applicable in headers, we see how this creates confusion.
Just place the kernel COPYING file into the include directory?
> >include/linux/virtio*: "BSB"
> >
> >The last group already popped up here during a license clearing of the
> >kernel. I contacted Rusty on them and got the answer "Standard 3 clause.
> > The 4 clause is incompatible with the GPL." That was OK for our
> >purposes, but I nevertheless asked Rusty to push a clarifying sentence
> >to the kernel - unfortunately this did not happen so far.
>
> Rusty, do you want to put together a patch with the full license or
> should I?
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori
>
> >
> >Jan
> >
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost, Avi Kivity, 2011/05/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost, Edgar E. Iglesias, 2011/05/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost, Jan Kiszka, 2011/05/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost, Scott Wood, 2011/05/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost, Arnd Bergmann, 2011/05/03
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost, Peter Maydell, 2011/05/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost, Jan Kiszka, 2011/05/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost, Anthony Liguori, 2011/05/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost, Jan Kiszka, 2011/05/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost, Anthony Liguori, 2011/05/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost,
Michael S. Tsirkin <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost, Jan Kiszka, 2011/05/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost, Rusty Russell, 2011/05/09
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost, Peter Maydell, 2011/05/03