Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Import Linux headers for KVM and vhost

[Jan Kiszka]

On 2011-05-03 19:30, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 3 May 2011 17:48, Jan Kiszka <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Kernel headers were automatically imported from current kvm.git,
>> 93c016c8c4. Some are not covered by any license and can be considered
>> GPLv2 with user space exception.
> 
> Hmm. Can't we just get whoever owns those files to apply a suitable
> copyright and license header to them? Committing files to qemu.git
> which don't have a clear (and clearly stated) copyright/license seems
> like a bad plan to me...

I will discuss this internally again (with those people running the
result through FOSSology sooner or later anyway).

What about auto-importing the Linux top-level license file as well and
putting it under include/? That would replicate what you find in Linux
today and should at least maintain the level of pain, not increase it.

Jan

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