Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/1] s390 files gplv2 or later

[Alexander Graf]

On 12.11.2012, at 12:44, Christian Borntraeger wrote:

> IBMs s390 contributions were meant to to be gplv2 or later (since
> we were contributing to qemu). Several of the s390 specific files
> link to gpl code anyway so the ones in qemu repository will have
> a hard time being strictly LGPL.
> So lets clarify the licence statement for new contributions for 
> those files that we have touched multiple times or will likely 
> touch again.
> 
> Since we contributed only to KVM, this patch does not touch files
> that mostly deal with tcg. Please tell me if I should do that for
> the full target-s390x tree.
> 
> The alternative would be to change the licence directly (no
> contributions after but a 1:1 replacement) for the files in the
> qemu repository. But that would require an agreement of all
> contributors due to "v2" vs "v2 or later". Opinions?

Given that GPLv2 only code is compatible with LGPLv2+, can't you just declare 
all IBM s390x code to be GPLv2 only? Then the rest should solve itself 
automatically, no? But then again, I'm not a lawyer :).


Alex