Re: [Qemu-devel] [multiprocess RFC PATCH 36/37] multi-process: add the concept description to docs/devel/qemu-multiprocess

[Kevin Wolf]

Am 07.03.2019 um 09:14 hat Thomas Huth geschrieben:
> On 07/03/2019 08.22, address@hidden wrote:
> > From: Elena Ufimtseva <address@hidden>
> > 
> > TODO: Make relevant changes to the doc.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: John G Johnson <address@hidden>
> > Signed-off-by: Elena Ufimtseva <address@hidden>
> > Signed-off-by: Jagannathan Raman <address@hidden>
> > ---
> >  docs/devel/qemu-multiprocess.txt | 1109 
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 1109 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 docs/devel/qemu-multiprocess.txt
> > 
> > diff --git a/docs/devel/qemu-multiprocess.txt 
> > b/docs/devel/qemu-multiprocess.txt
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..e29c6c8
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/docs/devel/qemu-multiprocess.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,1109 @@
> > +/*
> > + * Copyright 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
> > + *
> > + * 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
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> > + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
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> > FROM,
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> > + */
> 
> Somehow weird to see such a big license statement talking about
> "software", but which applies to a text file only... Not sure if it is
> an option for you, but maybe one of the Creative Common licenses
> (dual-licensed with the GPLv2+) would be a better fit? E.g. for the QEMU
> website, the content is dual-licensed: https://www.qemu.org/license.html

While we're talking about licenses, the "All rights reserved." notice is
out of place in a license header that declares that a lot of permissions
are granted. Better to remove it to avoid any ambiguities that could
result from the contradiction. (Applies to the whole series.)

Kevin