Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 05/10] qemu-ga: Add configure options to specify path to Windows/VSS SDK

[Paolo Bonzini]

Il 28/06/2013 13:01, Daniel P. Berrange ha scritto:
>>> What is the license of the VSS SDK ?  In particular is the license
>>> compatible with QEMU to allow us to link to it from GPL code ?
>>
>> Doesn't it fall under the "operating system component" exception?
> 
> Maybe, maybe no. I think it depends what the VSS SDK actually includes.
> 
> IANAL, but my interpretation is that the exception would only apply
> to stuff that is distributed as part of the base Windows install. Since
> this is a separate download from Microsoft, it isn't clear to me that
> the exception would apply in this case.
> 
> Does the VSS SDK actually include the .dll library that qemu-ga would
> be linking aginst, or is the .dll part of base windows install, and
> VSS SDK merely includes the header files needed for compilation ?

Only the headers, the IDL files, and the "import libraries":

Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/lib/winxp/obj/i386/vss_uuid.lib
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/lib/winxp/obj/i386/vssapi.lib
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/lib/win2003/obj/ia64/vss_uuid.lib
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/lib/win2003/obj/ia64/vssapi.lib
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/lib/win2003/obj/i386/vssapi.lib
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/lib/win2003/obj/i386/vss_uuid.lib
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/lib/win2003/obj/amd64/vss_uuid.lib
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/lib/win2003/obj/amd64/vssapi.lib
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/winxp/vss.h
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/winxp/vswriter.h
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/winxp/vsbackup.h
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vdslun.h
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vswriter.h
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vsmgmt.h
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vscoordint.h
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vscoordint.idl
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vsswprv.idl
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vsswprv.h
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vss.idl
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vss.h
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vdslun.idl
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vsbackup.h
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vsprov.idl
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vsprov.h
Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vsmgmt.idl

Paolo