Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] RFC: Efficient VM backup for qemu (v1)

[Dietmar Maurer]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan Hajnoczi [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Donnerstag, 22. November 2012 18:02
> To: Dietmar Maurer
> Cc: address@hidden; address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] RFC: Efficient VM backup for qemu
> (v1)
> 
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Dietmar Maurer <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> >> > The documents says: VMware products are covered by one or more
> >> patents
> >> > listed at http://www.vmware.com/go/patents
> >> >
> >> > I simply do not have the time to check all those things, which make
> >> > that
> >> format unusable for me.
> >>
> >> In think proxmox ships the QEMU vmdk functionality today?  In that
> >> case you should check this :).
> >
> > Well, and also remove it from the qemu repository? Such things are not
> compatible with GPL?
> 
> If you are really concerned about this then submit a patch to add ./configure
> --disable-vmdk, ship QEMU without VMDK, and drop it from your
> documentation/wiki.
> 
> If you're not really concerned, then let's accept that VMDK support is okay.

I simply don't want to waste time one something with unclear License issues.
So I will not work on such format.

Don't get me wrong - that is just my personal opinion.