Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] Add KVM support to QEMU

[Glauber Costa]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Andreas Färber <address@hidden> wrote:
> Anthony,
>
> Am 28.10.2008 um 21:13 schrieb Anthony Liguori:
>
>> diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..4379071
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/kvm-all.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,377 @@
>> +/*
>> + * QEMU KVM support
>> + *
>> + * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2008
>> + *
>> + * Authors:
>> + *  Anthony Liguori   <address@hidden>
>> + *
>> + * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
>> + * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
>> + *
>> + */
>
> Just wondering - since this is a new file of yours, would it make sense to
> use "version 2 or, at your option, any later version" to avoid the recent
> binutils GPL compatibility issues in the future?

It's not that easy, because it is not exatly "a new file of yours".
It's obviously derived
from current kvm code. That said, libkvm.c is version 2, and qemu-kvm.c is v2+.
I'm not sure if there's any legal restriction on the final product
anthony should follow.

> Andreas
>
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