Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] compiler: Swap 'public domain' header for license

[Peter Maydell]

On 23 September 2016 at 15:18, 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. This patch
> replaces that comment with a clear GPLv2+ license, as proposed in [2].
>
> [1] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg06151.html
> [2] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg06217.html
>
> Signed-off-by: Felipe Franciosi <address@hidden>
> ---
> v2: Add a GPLv2+ statement after removing 'public domain' text.
>     Amend the commit message and text to reflect it.
>
>  include/qemu/compiler.h | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/qemu/compiler.h b/include/qemu/compiler.h
> index 338d3a6..157698b 100644
> --- a/include/qemu/compiler.h
> +++ b/include/qemu/compiler.h
> @@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
> -/* public domain */
> +/* 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.
> + */
>
>  #ifndef COMPILER_H
>  #define COMPILER_H

Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>

thanks
-- PMM