[chloridecull@Thunderlane ~/Downloads]$ strings nucore | grep qemu /usr/local/share/qemu /tmp/qemu-smb.%d /etc/qemu-ifup [qemu] show the version of qemu show kqemu information kqemu support: (qemu) activate logging of the specified items to '/tmp/qemu.log' qemu: Unsupported NIC: %s qemu: unsupported keyboard cmd=0x%02x qemu ... qemu.wav /tmp/qemu.log qemu: fatal: /dev/kqemu kqemu_flush_page: addr=%08x kqemu_flush: kqemu: cpu_exec: enter kqemu: interrupt v=%02x: Version mismatch between kqemu module and qemu (%08x %08x) - disabling kqemu use kqemu_set_notdirty: addr=%08lx kqemu: exception v=%02x e=%04x: kqemu: kqemu_cpu_exec: ret=0x%x
It most certainly looks like qemu from running strings on it. AFAIK it should be enough evidence, but IANAL. Can't really prove it is a derivative that easily without access to both sources ;) On 11/02/2014 03:26 AM, Tom Cain wrote: > G'day QEMU wizards, > I've recently been made aware of an organization that seems to be pretty > actively sending out nastygrams to people who redistribute their software > which is a QEMU derivative. > It was my understanding that current versions of QEMU full system emulation > are GPL, and older versions (0.8.1) were LGPL. > The executables that this company distributes are not distributed with the > source, and the company has refused to release the source code upon request, > and has threatened legal action to all of those who host these files on their > websites. > My binary analysis shows that this is QEMU-0.8.1, can anyone confirm? > http://bigguyspinball.com/nucoresupport.shtml > > If so, it appears that this website is committing copyright infringement by > violating the terms of the LGPL. > > Any insight would be appreciated! I've communicated with the FSF and the > Software Freedom Conservancy, and they agree that hypothetically it is a > violation. I just need someone to confirm that the contents of that linux > binary are QEMU. From the looks of it, if this company is filing lawsuits, it > puts a MAJOR damper on the open source community, so any help is appreciated. > Thank you all! > Tom >
