Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH v3 22/25] ay8910: YM2608 core forked from MAME 0.59

[malc]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009, Roy Tam wrote:

> Version 0.37a of fmopl.c/h is relicensed to LGPL by Tatsuyuki
> Satoh(original fmopl developer).
> other versions are not. Especially newer versions by Jarek Burczynski
> as he refused to relicense new fmopl to LGPL.

The first part is the case, the fmopl.c used by QEMU is the relicensed
LGPL version taken from adplug. As for refusal to relicense newer fmopl
and ymf262 all i can say that my attempts to contact Jarek was
unsuccessful so i don't know his real stance on the subject.

> 2009/10/29 Stuart Brady <address@hidden>:
> > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:55:04PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> >> On 10/28/2009 09:08 PM, Stuart Brady wrote:
> >> >On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 01:50:11AM +0900, TAKEDA, toshiya wrote:
> >> >>+
> >> >>+/* This version of ay8910.c is a fork of the MAME 0.59 one, relicensed
> >> >>under the LGPL.
> >> >
> >> >Where have you taken this from?
> >>
> >> More exactly, how is this not violating copyright, since MAME's license
> >> is not compatible with anything else (more or less)?
> >
> > For that matter, fmopl.c in QEMU looks an awful lot like a copyright
> > violation to me:
> >
> > http://www.google.com/codesearch?q=%22This+version+of+fmopl.c%22

P.S. Please don't top post.

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