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Re: [Qemu-devel] Licensing question
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Stefan Weil |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Licensing question |
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Wed, 31 Jul 2013 07:19:03 +0200 |
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Am 31.07.2013 03:50, schrieb Erik de Castro Lopo:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a patch I would like to submit and I am currently running it past
> my employer's legal department. The legal department has identified 10
> different licenses in the Qemu codebase and has asked about the two files
> I am modifying:
>
> linux-user/syscall.c
> linux-user/syscall_defs.h
>
> For the first its easy as it is clearly marked as GPLv2+. The second is
> unmarked. Is there some blanket statement somewhere that all files that
> are not explicitly marked are under say GPLv2+?
>
> Cheers,
> Erik
No, there is no such statement.
There is an agreement that files with GPL should be GPLv2+
(not only GPLv2), but files may also use other free licenses.
In file LICENSE, it is said that QEMU as a whole is released
under the GNU General Public License.
Some files are copied from Linux and therefore must use
the Linux license (usually GPLv2).
syscall_defs.h might be a copy from Linux (=> GPLv2).
If not, the default rule from LICENSE could be applied (=> GPL).
Regards,
Stefan