Hi, On Thu, 6 Feb 2014, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 6 February 2014 13:45, Michael Matz <m...@suse.de> wrote: > > Hmm, why aren't we simply using the binutils disassembler? It's also > > (C) by ARM, so there shouldn't be any relicensing problems. And it > > does support AdvSIMD and system instructions. > > It is GPLv3 which is not compatible with GPLv2 which > QEMU requires. The contribution process for binutils > involves a copyright assignment which means the FSF > now have the copyright there, as I understand it. The FSF always grants back rights on the contribution to the contributor. ARM could simply double-license their original contribution of the disassembler. Ciao, Michael.
