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Re: [Qemu-devel] GPLv3 troubles


From: nicolas.sauzede
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] GPLv3 troubles
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:44:25 +0200


Some files are not even listed, such as hw/vexpress.c, which seem to be GPL v2 (only)..


> Message du 18/10/11 16:37
> De : "Anthony Liguori"
> A : "Andreas Färber"
> Copie à : "Stefan Weil" , address@hidden, "Markus Armbruster" , "Blue Swirl" , "Max Filippov" , "Avi Kivity" , "Paolo Bonzini"
> Objet : Re: [Qemu-devel] GPLv3 troubles
>
> On 10/18/2011 09:33 AM, Andreas Färber wrote:
> > Am 18.10.2011 15:03, schrieb Anthony Liguori:
> >> Okay, let's get serious about it. I set up the following wiki page for
> >> coordination:
> >>
> >> http://wiki.qemu.org/Relicensing
> >>
> >> Please get the appropriate approval at Red Hat, and follow the
> >> instructions on the wiki. I'm in the process of getting approval at
> >> IBM. Between RH, IBM, and Blue, there's a pretty large chunk of files
> >> that can be relicensed immediately. It's probably best to tackle this
> >> incrementally.
> >
> > Sounds like a plan, thanks.
> >
> > The file list still has some false positives. Might edit later.
> > In block/ I noticed sheepdog.c and rbd.c that are GPLv2, too.
>
> Yes, please edit the wiki. I just attempted to post a strawman to get us started.
>
> > A few files are completely lacking a license btw.
>
> Yes, we'll have to list those separately, contact the original author to add a
> copyright statement+license, and get every contributor to SoB the change.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori
>
> > Andreas
> >
>
>
>



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