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

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 04:04:37PM -0400, John Snow 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>
> ---
>  python/qemu/aqmp/qmp_shell.py | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>


With regards,
Daniel
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