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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/6] relicense QEMU softfloat from 2b to to 2a
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Paolo Bonzini |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/6] relicense QEMU softfloat from 2b to to 2a |
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Wed, 07 Jan 2015 12:04:00 +0100 |
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On 07/01/2015 11:34, Peter Maydell wrote:
> The thing is that after all these relicensings we end up with a
> file with a mix of licenses in it. So for somebody actually
> using the file the controlling license is GPLv2+. (In particular
> all the RedHat contributions are GPLv2+, not SoftFloat-2a...)
Actually, all four of us (I and Avi and Juan and Luiz) acked the change,
so Red Hat contributions are SoftFloat-2a.
> So it seemed simplest to say 'GPLv2+ for future changes'; but
> it wouldn't make any major difference to pick softfloat-2a I guess
> (and that is the license covering the bulk of the code so it
> does make more sense in some ways).
Yes, that was my reasoning.
Paolo