On Tue, 20 Nov 2012, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> malc <av1...@comtv.ru> writes:
[..snip..]
> Hi malc,
>
> If you want to put code under the public domain, it needs to be done (1)
> with the consent of all contributors to a file (2) using an appropriate
> license.
>
> In QEMU, we've always followed the FSF's guidance when it comes to
> licensing issues.
Uh... I doubt it having been here for a while.
> This isn't something that's up for discussion.
And i'm not discussing it.
> Please revert the change, send a patch with an appropriate license, and
> get the contributors to Ack the change.
No, i'm the sole author of audio_pt_int.c, and i've chosen to put it into
public domain, the notice is sufficient to indicate my desire.
As for wavcapture.c the changes by others (yourself included) boil down to
mechanical renaming of some function calls, i'd rather revert that and redo
it myself (or ask someone to do it) if "we" are feeling strongly about it.
FWIW [winwave|pa]audio.c had the same comment since inception and in case
of paaudio.c Marc-Andrц╘ Lureau's basically redid the interaction with pa
but left the header intact.
aes.c says: This code is hereby placed in the public domain.
Followed by some legalese to disclaim warranties.
d3des.c: A portable, public domain, version of the Data Encryption Standard.
Followed by Copyright (c) 1988,1989,1990,1991,1992 by Richard Outerbridge.
which i do not follow since either thing is in public domain or has
some copy restrictions.
In any case this all is bordering insanity, what next? Follow FSF even
closer and demand everything to be GPL and faxing hand signed
ownership transfer papers somewhere?
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