On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 12:50:53PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > > On 13/09/2016 11:13, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > > > + * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining > > > a copy > > > + * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), > > > to deal > > > + * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the > > > rights > > > + * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or > > > sell > > > + * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is > > > + * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: > > > + * > > > + * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be > > > included in > > > + * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. > > > + * > > > + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, > > > EXPRESS OR > > > + * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF > > > MERCHANTABILITY, > > > + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT > > > SHALL > > > + * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR > > > OTHER > > > + * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, > > > ARISING FROM, > > > + * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER > > > DEALINGS IN > > > + * THE SOFTWARE. > > > + */ > > > > New files are expected to be submitted under the GPLv2+ license, > > unless they're header files imported from an external project, > > which this is not. > > This is not true. New files are expected to be submitted under a > GPLv2+-compatible license, which this one is.
If you want to copy code snippets from existing files which are GPLv2+ licensed, into this new file, then that'd be a license violation as this new file is granting broader permissions which the original code did not grant. So I still believe this should be GPLv2+ unless there is a compelling reason why it cannot be. Regards, Daniel -- |: http://berrange.com -o- http://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange/ :| |: http://libvirt.org -o- http://virt-manager.org :| |: http://autobuild.org -o- http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ :| |: http://entangle-photo.org -o- http://live.gnome.org/gtk-vnc :|
