> On 15 Jun 2015, at 15:26, Andrew Cooper <andrew.coop...@citrix.com> wrote: > > On 15/06/15 15:15, Don Slutz wrote: >> Most of this code is ported from SeaBIOS. >> >> > > SeaBIOS is LGPLv3, while Hvmloader is GPLv2 > > IANAL, but the FSF indicates that this is not a compatible combination.
This is correct. See https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility for more information. It is not clear to me from this mail and the patch though whether there is a problem and what it is. The patch does not appear to create any additional linkage between SeaBIOS and Hvmloader (unless it was there before, in which case we already have an issue). Is this correct? If so, then this becomes a question of what "this code is ported from SeaBIOS" exactly means and whether that implies a licensing issue. In other words, were any portions of files from SeaBIOS copied, etc. If so, what exact license were these under, etc. Maybe you can clarify. Regards Lars _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
