Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] LICENSE: clarify

[Andreas Färber]

Am 31.07.2013 08:19, schrieb Paolo Bonzini:
> 1) The GPL says that "if the Program does not specify a version number
> of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free
> Software Foundation".  This is not true, QEMU includes parts that are
> v2-only.
> 
> 2) Provide a default for files with no licensing information.
> 
> 3) It is not just hardware emulation that is under BSD license.
> 
> 4) Restrict GPLv2-only contributions to user mode emulation (due to
> code from Linux) and PCI passthrough (due to code from Neocleus).
> 
> 5) The rules were initially set by Fabrice but are being amended by
> other people (already in commit ee12e1f, LICENSE: There is no libqemu.a
> anymore, 2011-11-15).  Do not put words in his mouth.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>

Acked-by: Andreas Färber <address@hidden>

Thanks,
Andreas

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