Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] LICENSE: clarify licensing

[Markus Armbruster]

malc <address@hidden> writes:

> On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>
>> malc <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>> > On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Peter Maydell wrote:
>> >
>> >> 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.
>> 
>> That's ridiculous.
>> 
>> There has always been a LICENSE file with a catch-all clause going back
>> to at least 2005.
>> 
>> If a file doesn't have an explicit LICENSE, it falls under the catch all
>> clause.
>> 
>
> Wishful thinking.

I suspect the wishful thinking part is wishing you could give legal
advice.