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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] LICENSE: clarify licensing
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malc |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] LICENSE: clarify licensing |
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Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:51 +0400 (MSK) |
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Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) |
On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> malc <address@hidden> writes:
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> > On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Peter Maydell wrote:
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> >> On 19 November 2012 18:21, malc <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> > On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> >> >> +5) Files without explicit licenses fall under the GPL v2.
> >> >
> >> > I have issue with this, files without licenses are just that files
> >> > without licenses.
> >>
> >> If we believe this (and it seems a logical thing to believe)
> >> then QEMU's not distributable until we rewrite or remove or track
> >> down all authors for all the files without licenses...
> >
> > Yes.
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> That's ridiculous.
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> There has always been a LICENSE file with a catch-all clause going back
> to at least 2005.
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> If a file doesn't have an explicit LICENSE, it falls under the catch all
> clause.
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Wishful thinking.
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