> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 1:19 AM, Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> wrote: > > 1) The GPL says that "if the Program does not specify a version number > > of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free > > Software Foundation". This is not true, QEMU includes parts that are > > v2-only. > > > > 2) Provide a default for files with no licensing information. > > > > 3) It is not just hardware emulation that is under BSD license. > > > > 4) Restrict GPLv2-only contributions to user mode emulation (due to > > code from Linux) and PCI passthrough (due to code from Neocleus). > > I am okay *discouraging* GPLv2 only contributions but if there's > compelling code that cannot be relicensed, I would object strongly to > rejecting it purely because it wasn't GPLv2+.
Yes, that's why I included "as of". We can certainly broaden the set of GPLv2-only features, but it would require discussions and another patch to LICENSE. If you believe "as of July 2013" is not enough, I can send v2. > > 5) The rules were initially set by Fabrice but are being amended by > > other people (already in commit ee12e1f, LICENSE: There is no libqemu.a > > anymore, 2011-11-15). Do not put words in his mouth. > > I think it's better at this point to just put QEMU team. Fabrice is > no longer associated with the project. It still mentions the trademark, and one of the last times he was contacted was exactly to enforce the BSDness of TCG, so I left it in. As the most active committer, you can certainly submit a follow-up patch to remove it; I didn't really feel qualified to do that. Paolo
