On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 02:32:17PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > > On 22/06/2015 14:30, Paulo Alcantara wrote: > >>> >> +/* > >>> >> + * QEMU ICH9 TCO emulation > >>> >> + * > >>> >> + * Copyright (c) 2015 Paulo Alcantara <[email protected]> > >>> >> + * > >>> >> + * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person > >>> >> obtaining a copy > >>> >> + * of this software and associated documentation files (the > >>> >> "Software"), to deal > >>> >> + * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation > >>> >> the rights > >>> >> + * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, > >>> >> and/or > >>> >> sell > >>> >> + * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software > >>> >> is > >>> >> + * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: > >>> >> + * > >>> >> + * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be > >>> >> included in > >>> >> + * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. > >>> >> + * > >>> >> + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, > >>> >> EXPRESS OR > >>> >> + * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF > >>> >> MERCHANTABILITY, > >>> >> + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT > >>> >> SHALL > >>> >> + * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES > >>> >> OR > >>> >> OTHER > >>> >> + * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, > >>> >> ARISING FROM, > >>> >> + * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER > >>> >> DEALINGS IN > >>> >> + * THE SOFTWARE. > >> > > >> > Please make new original code GPLv2+. If you have copied from another > >> > file, then you should follow that file's licensing, but in that case > >> > you should also acknowledge the original copyright. > > OK. > > Why? The only "forbidden" license for new code is GPLv2. > > If you want to make things more permissive, that's accepted. > > Paolo
Because it's a pain if I need to move code between files with different licenses. MIT is GPL compatible but mixing licenses at random is still not a good idea. -- MST _______________________________________________ SeaBIOS mailing list [email protected] http://www.seabios.org/mailman/listinfo/seabios
