Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/1] edu: fix license information

[Markus Armbruster]

Jiri Slaby <address@hidden> writes:

> On 01/22/2015, 04:53 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> On 22/01/2015 16:39, Eric Blake wrote:
>>> On 01/22/2015 01:22 AM, Jiri Slaby wrote:
>>>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <address@hidden> --- docs/specs/edu.txt
>>>> | 4 ++++ hw/misc/edu.c      | 2 +- 2 files changed, 5
>>>> insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/docs/specs/edu.txt b/docs/specs/edu.txt index
>>>> 360af27ec8b1..1a23df9d21f6 100644 --- a/docs/specs/edu.txt +++
>>>> b/docs/specs/edu.txt @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ EDU device ==========
>>>>
>>>> +Copyleft (c) 2014-2015 Jiri Slaby
>>>
>>> s/Copyleft/Copyright/.  There's legal implications to the word you
>>> use, and the rest of the code base does not use "Copyleft".
>>>
>> 
>> Yup, fixed and applied.
>
> Ok, thanks a lot! (I still think "copyleft (c)" was enough (in all laws
> we care) ;).)

Do not to deviate from the FSF's advice on how their licenses should be
applied unless

* you're a lawyer in all the jurisdictions we care about, or

* you got legal advice in all the jurisdictions we care about, or

* you're eagerly looking forward to needing legal advice in the future.

Since none of the above apply to the QEMU project, we stick to the FSF's
advice.

There are ample opportunities for self-expression in source code and
documentation other than legal notices.