On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 04:29:33PM -0700, Joelle van Dyne wrote: > From: osy <os...@users.noreply.github.com> > > On iOS, we cannot fork() new processes, so the best way to load QEMU into an > app is through a shared library. We add a new configure option > `--enable-shared-lib` that will build the bulk of QEMU into a shared lib. > The usual executables will then link to the library.
Note that QEMU as a combined work is licensed GPLv2-only, so if an app is linking to it as a shared library, the application's license has to be GPLv2 compatible. I fear that shipping as a shared library is an easy way for apps to get into a license violating situation without realizing. Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
