On 09/06/16 15:21, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > As the xen/COPYING file says: > "A few files are licensed under both GPL and a weaker BSD-style > license. This includes all files within the subdirectory > include/public, as described in include/public/COPYING. All such files > include the non-GPL license text as a source-code comment. Although > the license text refers generically to "the software", the non-GPL > license applies *only* to those source files that explicitly include > the non-GPL license text." > > The libxenvchan.h is under xen/include/public/io directory > and the xen/include/public/COPYING says: > > "XEN NOTICE > ========== > > This copyright applies to all files within this subdirectory and its > subdirectories: > include/public/*.h > include/public/hvm/*.h > include/public/io/*.h > > The intention is that these files can be freely copied into the source > tree of an operating system when porting that OS to run on Xen. Doing > so does *not* cause the OS to become subject to the terms of the GPL. > > All other files in the Xen source distribution are covered by version > 2 of the GNU General Public License except where explicitly stated > otherwise within individual source files. > " > Having the libxenvchan.h as Lesser GPL v2.1 where the COPYING file > says otherwise is confusing to say at least. > > Upon consulting with the authors of libxenvchan they said: > "FWIW Neither I, nor ITL staff (as author of original libvchan library) > have anything against converting it to the BSD-style licence." > (Marek Marczykowski-Górecki, > http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2016-06/msg00995.html) > so as such lets change it. > > Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.w...@oracle.com> > > --- > Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.coop...@citrix.com> > Cc: Anil Madhavapeddy <a...@recoil.org> > Cc: Daniel De Graaf <dgde...@tycho.nsa.gov> > cc: George Dunlap <george.dun...@eu.citrix.com>
To whatever extent it's helpful: Acked-by: George Dunlap <george.dun...@citrix.com> _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
