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

[Anthony Liguori]

Glauber Costa wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Andreas Färber <address@hidden> wrote:
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> > Anthony,
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> > Am 28.10.2008 um 21:13 schrieb Anthony Liguori:
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> > > 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?
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> It's not that easy, because it is not exatly "a new file of yours".
> It's obviously derived
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Well, kvm-all.c really isn't.  There are maybe a few snippets (mainly if 
clauses) that came from qemu-kvm but not enough to be considered derived 
IMHO.  kvm.c on the other hand contains enough that I would think it is 
derived (and I preserved the original copyright from qemu-kvm-x86.c).

At any rate, as I said previously, Avi should agree before changing the 
license of any of it.

> 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.
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Ah, I missed the or-higher part in qemu-kvm.c.  I'll update the next 
round of patches to reflect that.  I don't care either way honestly, I 
just copied the copyright from somewhere else.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

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