Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] qemu/qarray.h: introduce QArray

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Dienstag, 24. August 2021 17:24:50 CEST Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> On Dienstag, 24. August 2021 16:45:12 CEST Markus Armbruster wrote:
> > Christian Schoenebeck <qemu_oss@crudebyte.com> writes:
> > > On Dienstag, 24. August 2021 10:22:52 CEST Markus Armbruster wrote:
> > [...]
> > 
> > >> Please use GPLv2+ unless you have a compelling reason not to.
> > >> 
> > >> [...]
> > > 
> > > Is that a requirement?
> > > 
> > > It is just my personal license preference. AFAICS there are numerous
> > > sources in QEMU released under MIT license as well.
> > 
> > The licensing situation is a mess.
> > 
> > The only hard requirement is "compatible with GPLv2+".  We prefer GPLv2+
> > for new code, except as detailed in ./LICENSE.  We're stuck with a
> > sizable body of existing code that is GPLv2 (no +), but decided to put
> > limits to that madness.  Again, see ./LICENSE for details.
> > 
> > I'm asking you to help with limiting the madness by sticking to GPLv2+
> > whenever possible.
> 
> Okay, I see that there is quite a homogenous license structure in Qemu.
> However the MIT license is a very permissive license, so I don't see any
> conflicts.

s/homogenous/heterogeneous/

> What if I release this file under public domain? That's not even copyleft at
> all. What that be OK for you?

"Would" that be OK for you?

> My idea was that people might simply take this header file and use it in
> other C projects as well. Putting it under GPL might cause conflicts for
> other projects.

Best regards,
Christian Schoenebeck