Re: [task #5468] Port GNU Mach to the Xen VMM

[Thomas Schwinge]

Hello!

On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 07:16:05PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Thomas Schwinge, le Wed 03 Jan 2007 13:18:18 +0100, a ?crit :
> > So, feel free to create a branch, perhaps called
> > `gnumach-1-branch-Xen-branch' or similar.
> 
> Ok.  Before that, just a little check: Xen provides some public headers
> for making easier to implement doms, the COPYING file is as follows:
> 
> XEN NOTICE
> ==========
> 
> This copyright applies to all files within this subdirectory.
> 
> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
> of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
> deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
> rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
> sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
> furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
> 
> The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
> all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
> 
> THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 
> IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 
> FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 
> AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 
> LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING 
> FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER 
> DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
> 
> Is this OK to include in GNU Mach ?

This is called the ``X11 License'' (see
<http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/COPYRIGHT2.html#3>) and is compatible with
the GPL, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#X11License>.
Someone may want to double-check, I only had a quick look.


> > How shall we keep it with the ChangeLog?  Do you intend to write entries
> > for each patch you check in into the new branch?
> 
> I don't think I'll write ChangeLog entries for now, since a bunch of
> changes will probably disappear (panic()s here and there, TODOs, ...).
> Then I'll probably only write one ChangeLog entry, so it will be easy to
> merge it.

Is this okay with the other Hurd maintainers?


Regards,
 Thomas

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