On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 1:19 AM, Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> wrote: > 1) The GPL says that "if the Program does not specify a version number > of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free > Software Foundation". This is not true, QEMU includes parts that are > v2-only. > > 2) Provide a default for files with no licensing information. > > 3) It is not just hardware emulation that is under BSD license. > > 4) Restrict GPLv2-only contributions to user mode emulation (due to > code from Linux) and PCI passthrough (due to code from Neocleus).
I am okay *discouraging* GPLv2 only contributions but if there's compelling code that cannot be relicensed, I would object strongly to rejecting it purely because it wasn't GPLv2+. > > 5) The rules were initially set by Fabrice but are being amended by > other people (already in commit ee12e1f, LICENSE: There is no libqemu.a > anymore, 2011-11-15). Do not put words in his mouth. I think it's better at this point to just put QEMU team. Fabrice is no longer associated with the project. Regards, Anthony Liguori > Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> > --- > LICENSE | 15 ++++++++++----- > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE > index acae9a3..2bd2e95 100644 > --- a/LICENSE > +++ b/LICENSE > @@ -1,16 +1,21 @@ > The following points clarify the QEMU license: > > -1) QEMU as a whole is released under the GNU General Public License > +1) QEMU as a whole is released under the GNU General Public License, > +version 2. > > 2) Parts of QEMU have specific licenses which are compatible with the > -GNU General Public License. Hence each source file contains its own > -licensing information. > +GNU General Public License, version 2. Hence each source file contains > +its own licensing information. Source files with no licensing information > +are released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or (at your > +option) any later version. > > -Many hardware device emulation sources are released under the BSD license. > +As of July 2013, contributions under version 2 of the GNU General Public > +License (and no later version) are only accepted for the following files > +or directories: bsd-user/, linux-user/, hw/misc/vfio.c, hw/xen/xen_pt*. > > 3) The Tiny Code Generator (TCG) is released under the BSD license > (see license headers in files). > > 4) QEMU is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard. > > -Fabrice Bellard. > +Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU team > -- > 1.8.1.4 > >
