[Qemu-devel] Re: QEMU license problem (was [PATCH v3] Drop --whole-archive and static libraries)

[Juan Quintela]

Stefan Weil <address@hidden> wrote:
> Blue Swirl schrieb:
>> Thanks, applied.
>
> Removing libqemu.a was technically ok, but throws a license problem:
>
> "In particular, the QEMU virtual CPU core library (libqemu.a) is
> released under the GNU Lesser General Public License."
>
> Without libqemu.a, this part of QEMU's license no longer works.
>
> I think the best solution would be to add a rule for libqemu.a
> which allows users to build this static library (make libqemu.a).
>
> libqemu.a is also still needed for tests/qruncom.

I noticed it also.  Not sure how to go here.  Create libqemu.a even if
it is not used?


>From LICENSE:
  In particular, the QEMU virtual CPU core library (libqemu.a) is
  released under the GNU Lesser General Public License.

And if GPL licencse is complicated, LGPL for a static lib makes my head explode.

Later, Juan.