Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/7] target-unicore32: Relicense to GPLv2+

[Andreas Färber]

Am 14.03.2012 08:53, schrieb Guan Xuetao:
> On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 02:39 +0100, Andreas Färber wrote:
>> Adopt the license text suggested by Guan Xue-tao for all files except
>> helper.c, to which Anthony Liguori (IBM) contributed a g_malloc() call.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andreas Färber <address@hidden>
>> Signed-off-by: Guan Xuetao <address@hidden>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <address@hidden>
>> Signed-off-by: Blue Swirl <address@hidden>
>> Signed-off-by: Dor Laor <address@hidden>
>> ---
>>  target-unicore32/cpu.h       |    5 ++---
>>  target-unicore32/helper.h    |    5 ++---
>>  target-unicore32/op_helper.c |    5 ++---
>>  target-unicore32/translate.c |    5 ++---
> target-unicore32/helper.c is skipped.

...which is explained in the above commit message and in the cover
letter. :)

Whether we can relicense it to GPLv2+ after patch 3/7 (which redoes
object instantiation in a way not derived from an IBM contribution)
remained an open question. IANAL.

What we can do, similar to Paolo's solution for central files, is to add
a notice to helper.c that makes new contributions from, e.g., today on
GPLv2+ so we don't need to ask for more people's permission.

Andreas

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