On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 7:08 AM Fam Zheng <fam.zh...@bytedance.com> wrote: > > On 2022-03-25 16:04, John Snow wrote: > > qmp-shell is presently licensed as GPLv2 (only). I intend to include > > this tool as an add-on to an LGPLv2+ library package hosted on > > PyPI.org. I've selected LGPLv2+ to maximize compatibility with other > > licenses while retaining a copyleft license. > > > > To keep licensing matters simple, I'd like to relicense this tool as > > LGPLv2+ as well in order to keep the resultant license of the hosted > > release files simple -- even if library users won't "link against" this > > command line tool. > > > > Therefore, I am asking permission from the current authors of this > > tool to loosen the license. At present, those people are: > > > > - John Snow (me!), 411/609 > > - Luiz Capitulino, Author, 97/609 > > - Daniel Berrangé, 81/609 > > - Eduardo Habkost, 10/609 > > - Marc-André Lureau, 6/609 > > - Fam Zheng, 3/609 > > - Cleber Rosa, 1/609 > > > > (All of which appear to have been written under redhat.com addresses.) > > > > Eduardo's fixes are largely automated from 2to3 conversion tools and may > > not necessarily constitute authorship, but his signature would put to > > rest any questions. > > > > Cleber's changes concern a single import statement change. Also won't > > hurt to ask. > > > > CC: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitul...@redhat.com> > > CC: Daniel Berrange <berra...@redhat.com> > > CC: Eduardo Habkost <ehabk...@habkost.com> > > CC: Marc-André Lureau <mlur...@redhat.com> > > CC: Fam Zheng <f...@euphon.net> > > CC: Cleber Rosa <cr...@redhat.com> > > > > Signed-off-by: John Snow <js...@redhat.com> > > No longer wearing that hat any more so maybe my reply doesn't matter, but > since > I'm Cc'ed with my new address, I am personally happy with the re-licensing: >
I don't know either, but your ack is almost guaranteed to make things quite a lot simpler :) Hope you're doing well, Fam! > Acked-by: Fam Zheng <f...@euphon.net> Thanks! --js