Re: [Qemu-devel] [qemu-web PATCH v2] Add license files for GPLv2+ and CC-BY-SA-4.0

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 11:57:27AM +0100, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 2018-12-07 17:54, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > The intent is that from this point onwards, content for this repository
> > is dual-licensed under the GPLv2+ and CC-BY-SA-4.0
> 
> Thanks for taking care of this!
> 
> Some remarks / questions below...
> 
> [...]
> > ---
> >  LICENSE-CC-BY-3.0.md     | 324 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  LICENSE-CC-BY-SA-4.0.md  | 356 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  LICENSE-GPL.md           | 346 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  LICENSE.md               |  18 ++
> >  _includes/copyright.html |   7 +-
> >  5 files changed, 1047 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 LICENSE-CC-BY-3.0.md
> >  create mode 100644 LICENSE-CC-BY-SA-4.0.md
> >  create mode 100644 LICENSE-GPL.md
> >  create mode 100644 LICENSE.md
> > 
> > diff --git a/LICENSE-CC-BY-3.0.md b/LICENSE-CC-BY-3.0.md
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..42693c3
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/LICENSE-CC-BY-3.0.md
> > @@ -0,0 +1,324 @@
> > +---
> > +permalink: /license-cc-by-3.0/
> > +title: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
> > +---
> > +
> > +Creative Commons Legal Code
> > +
> > +Attribution 3.0 Unported
> > +
> > +    CREATIVE COMMONS CORPORATION IS NOT A LAW FIRM AND DOES NOT PROVIDE
> > +    LEGAL SERVICES. DISTRIBUTION OF THIS LICENSE DOES NOT CREATE AN
> > +    ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. CREATIVE COMMONS PROVIDES THIS
> > +    INFORMATION ON AN "AS-IS" BASIS. CREATIVE COMMONS MAKES NO WARRANTIES
> > +    REGARDING THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, AND DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR
> > +    DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ITS USE.
> > +
> > +License
> > +
> > +THE WORK (AS DEFINED BELOW) IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS CREATIVE
> > +COMMONS PUBLIC LICENSE ("CCPL" OR "LICENSE"). THE WORK IS PROTECTED BY
> > +COPYRIGHT AND/OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW. ANY USE OF THE WORK OTHER THAN AS
> > +AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS LICENSE OR COPYRIGHT LAW IS PROHIBITED.
> > +
> > +BY EXERCISING ANY RIGHTS TO THE WORK PROVIDED HERE, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE
> > +TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. TO THE EXTENT THIS LICENSE MAY
> > +BE CONSIDERED TO BE A CONTRACT, THE LICENSOR GRANTS YOU THE RIGHTS
> > +CONTAINED HERE IN CONSIDERATION OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH TERMS AND
> > +CONDITIONS.
> > +
> > +1. Definitions
> > +
> > + a. "Adaptation" means a work based upon the Work, or upon the Work and
> > +    other pre-existing works, such as a translation, adaptation,
> > +    derivative work, arrangement of music or other alterations of a
> > +    literary or artistic work, or phonogram or performance and includes
> > +    cinematographic adaptations or any other form in which the Work may be
> > +    recast, transformed, or adapted including in any form recognizably
> > +    derived from the original, except that a work that constitutes a
> > +    Collection will not be considered an Adaptation for the purpose of
> > +    this License. For the avoidance of doubt, where the Work is a musical
> > +    work, performance or phonogram, the synchronization of the Work in
> > +    timed-relation with a moving image ("synching") will be considered an
> > +    Adaptation for the purpose of this License.
> [...]
> 
> You did not use <pre>-tags for the CC-BY-3.0 license, only for the other
> two. Thus the pre-formatting gets completely lost in the web browser
> here, making the text quite hard to read. I'd suggest to use <pre> here,
> too (I can add the tags before committing in case you don't want to respin).

Yes, my bad. Please do add the <pre> yourself.

> [...]
> > diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..ba73300
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/LICENSE.md
> > @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
> > +---
> > +permalink: /license
> > +title: QEMU website licensing
> > +---
> > +
> > +Except where otherwise noted, the content in this repository is provided 
> > under
> > +a choice of two licenses:
> 
> I'd maybe replace "in this repository" with "on this website", since
> it's not quite obvious for the normal user that the website is stored in
> a git repository, too. (If you agree, I can fix this also up in case you
> don't want to respin)

Yes, it is fine if you change that when pushing.

Regards,
Daniel
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