Re: [PATCH 3/4] python/qmp-shell: relicense as LGPLv2+

[Marc-André Lureau]

Hi

On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 12:04 AM John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> qmp-shell is presently licensed as GPLv2 (only). I intend to include
> this tool as an add-on to an LGPLv2+ library package hosted on
> PyPI.org. I've selected LGPLv2+ to maximize compatibility with other
> licenses while retaining a copyleft license.
>
> To keep licensing matters simple, I'd like to relicense this tool as
> LGPLv2+ as well in order to keep the resultant license of the hosted
> release files simple -- even if library users won't "link against" this
> command line tool.
>
> Therefore, I am asking permission from the current authors of this
> tool to loosen the license. At present, those people are:
>
> - John Snow (me!), 411/609
> - Luiz Capitulino, Author, 97/609
> - Daniel Berrangé, 81/609
> - Eduardo Habkost, 10/609
> - Marc-André Lureau, 6/609
> - Fam Zheng, 3/609
> - Cleber Rosa, 1/609
>
> (All of which appear to have been written under redhat.com addresses.)
>
> Eduardo's fixes are largely automated from 2to3 conversion tools and may
> not necessarily constitute authorship, but his signature would put to
> rest any questions.
>
> Cleber's changes concern a single import statement change. Also won't
> hurt to ask.
>
> CC: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
> CC: Daniel Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
> CC: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@habkost.com>
> CC: Marc-André Lureau <mlureau@redhat.com>
> CC: Fam Zheng <fam@euphon.net>
> CC: Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>

> ---
>  python/qemu/aqmp/qmp_shell.py | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/python/qemu/aqmp/qmp_shell.py b/python/qemu/aqmp/qmp_shell.py
> index 35691494d0..c23f1b1928 100644
> --- a/python/qemu/aqmp/qmp_shell.py
> +++ b/python/qemu/aqmp/qmp_shell.py
> @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
>  #
> -# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Red Hat Inc.
> +# Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Red Hat Inc.
>  #
>  # Authors:
>  #  Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
> +#  John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
>  #
> -# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
> -# the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
> +# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2 or
> +# later. See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
>  #
>
>  """
> --
> 2.34.1
>