Re: [PATCH 4/4] python/aqmp-tui: relicense as LGPLv2+

[John Snow]

On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 11:28 AM Niteesh G. S. <niteesh.gs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hii John,
>
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 1:34 AM John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> aqmp-tui, the async QMP text user interface tool, is presently licensed
>> as GPLv2+. 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 to loosen the license.
>>
>> Niteesh is effectively the sole author of this code, with scattered
>> lines from myself.
>>
>> CC: G S Niteesh Babu <niteesh.gs@gmail.com>
>> Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
>
>    Reviewed-by: G S Niteesh Babu <niteesh.gs@gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Niteesh, if you agree to loosening the license on your work, you can
>> reply with a Reviewed-by line to let us know that you agree to the
>> change. If you disagree, an explicit 'nack' would be helpful.
>>
>> There is no obligation for you to agree to this change, but it'd make
>> things easier for me if you did.
>
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --js
>>
>> ---
>>  python/qemu/aqmp/aqmp_tui.py | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/python/qemu/aqmp/aqmp_tui.py b/python/qemu/aqmp/aqmp_tui.py
>> index f1e926dd75..946ba9af24 100644
>> --- a/python/qemu/aqmp/aqmp_tui.py
>> +++ b/python/qemu/aqmp/aqmp_tui.py
>> @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
>>  # Authors:
>>  #  Niteesh Babu G S <niteesh.gs@gmail.com>
>>  #
>> -# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
>> +# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2 or
>>  # later.  See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
>>  """
>>  AQMP TUI
>> --
>> 2.34.1
>>

Thanks Niteesh!