On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 06:35:30AM +0530, Chauhan, Himanshu wrote: > On Monday, September 22, 2014, Peter Stuge <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Paul Menzel wrote: > > > `libpayload: Add Virtio layer and storage device support` > > .. > > > Some of the files are taken from SeaBIOS and are licensed under the GNU > > > LGPLv3. Is that allowed/wanted to be in libpayload? > > > > I for one think it would be good to keep libpayload BSD-licensed. > > > > > > Chauhan, Himanshu wrote: > > > In that case would it make sense to put it in FILO which is GPL? > > > > Yes, I think that's a very good idea. > > But to my understanding, it would convert FILO from GPLv2 to GPLv3. Isn't > it?
The virtio code in SeaBIOS was relicensed to LGPLv3 so that it could be distributed with SeaBIOS. I would reach out to the authors of that virtio code to see if they are okay with a different license. -Kevin -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
