Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/8] slirp: clarify license of slirp as BSD-3

[Eric Blake]

On 3/14/19 8:10 AM, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In order to make slirp a standalone project, the project must have a
> clear license, and be compatible with the GPL or LGPL.
> 
> Since commit 2f5f89963186d42a7ded253bc6cf5b32abb45cec ("Remove the
> advertising clause from the slirp license"), slirp is BSD-3. But new
> files have been added under slirp/ with QEMU GPL license since then.
> 
> v3:
>  - add preliminary "slirp: update COPYRIGHT to use full 3-Clause BSD
>    License"
>  - split "slirp: clarify license of slirp files using SPDX" patch,
>  - fix SPDX for files with MIT license header
>  - add r-b tags, wording/spelling changes
> 
> v2:
>  - split the initial patch to add BSD-3 header & then SPDX lines
>  - do not modify existing copyright headers without copyright holder
>    authorization
>  - drop the weak/ambiguous notice to the COPYRIGHT file
>  - added a RFC patch to remove Kelly Price from the maintainer duties
> 
> Marc-André Lureau (8):
>   slirp: update COPYRIGHT to use full 3-Clause BSD License
>   slirp: relicense GPL files to BSD-3
>   slirp: clarify license of slirp files using SPDX
>   slirp: clarify license of slirp files using SPDX
>   slirp: clarify license of slirp files using SPDX
>   slirp: clarify license of slirp files using SPDX

Minor nit: This is four patches with identical subject, which makes
backports harder. If you have a reason to respin, titling them something
like:

slirp: clarify license of slirp files using SPDX: explicit BSD
slirp: clarify license of slirp files using SPDX: explicit MIT
slirp: clarify license of slirp files using SPDX: implicit via COPYING
slirp: clarify license of slirp files using SPDX: implicit via unstated

may help.

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Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
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