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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] LICENSE: clarify licensing
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Anthony Liguori |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] LICENSE: clarify licensing |
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Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:48:59 -0600 |
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malc <address@hidden> writes:
> On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Peter Maydell wrote:
>
>> On 19 November 2012 18:21, malc <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>> >> +5) Files without explicit licenses fall under the GPL v2.
>> >
>> > I have issue with this, files without licenses are just that files
>> > without licenses.
>>
>> If we believe this (and it seems a logical thing to believe)
>> then QEMU's not distributable until we rewrite or remove or track
>> down all authors for all the files without licenses...
>
> Yes.
That's ridiculous.
There has always been a LICENSE file with a catch-all clause going back
to at least 2005.
If a file doesn't have an explicit LICENSE, it falls under the catch all
clause.
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
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