Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] compiler: Drop 'public domain' header from file

[Peter Maydell]

On 23 September 2016 at 13:51, Felipe Franciosi <address@hidden> wrote:
> As discussed on the list [1], having a comment stating that this file
> is "public domain" is arguably wrong and not legally binding. By
> removing this statement from the header, the file is under the
> project-wide GPLv2+ license.
>
> [1] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg06151.html
>
> Signed-off-by: Felipe Franciosi <address@hidden>
> ---
>  include/qemu/compiler.h | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/qemu/compiler.h b/include/qemu/compiler.h
> index 338d3a6..9d6d09b 100644
> --- a/include/qemu/compiler.h
> +++ b/include/qemu/compiler.h
> @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
> -/* public domain */
> -
>  #ifndef COMPILER_H
>  #define COMPILER_H

Can we have a comment specifically saying what license it is under,
please? Something like

/* compiler.h: macros to abstract away compiler specifics
 *
 * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
 * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 */

thanks
-- PMM