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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.0] fw-path-provider: Change GPL version to
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Andreas Färber |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.0] fw-path-provider: Change GPL version to 2+ |
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Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:07:53 +0100 |
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Hi Alexey,
Am 26.03.2014 15:00, schrieb Alexey Kardashevskiy:
> Cc: Andreas Färber <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <address@hidden>
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> Guys, did you mean just this or there is something more?
The usual text is "either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
any later version" - compare http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0
> Should all new files use this 2.0+ now? I have a couple like this coming.
Yes, please. See http://wiki.qemu.org/Relicensing for some background
and previous work. Reasons restricting use of GPL-2.0+ include code
copied from Linux that is licensed under that GPL-2.0-only version.
> Thanks!
Thanks for following up on this.
Cheers,
Andreas
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