Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/4] slirp: relicense GPL files to BSD-3

[Marc-André Lureau]

Hi

On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 6:32 PM Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> On 3/13/19 11:42 AM, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> > In order to make slirp a standalone project, the project must have a
> > clear license, and be compatible with the GPL or LGPL.
> >
> > Since commit 2f5f89963186d42a7ded253bc6cf5b32abb45cec ("Remove the
> > advertising clause from the slirp license"), slirp is BSD-3. But new
> > files have been added under slirp/ with QEMU GPL license since then.
> >
> > The copyright holders have been asked to relicense files to BSD-3 and
> > gave their permission:
>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
>
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <address@hidden>
> > ---
> >  slirp/src/dhcpv6.h   | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  slirp/src/ncsi-pkt.h | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> >  slirp/src/vmstate.h  | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> >  slirp/src/dhcpv6.c   | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> >  slirp/src/ncsi.c     | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  slirp/src/vmstate.c  | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  6 files changed, 170 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
>
> Are we trying to split slirp off in time for 4.0, or are we at the point
> where it remains embedded until 4.1?

I don't know what Samuel, Peter and others think about it.

If we don't have code change, but only move slirp/ to a submodule, is
that acceptable during soft-freeze?

Fwiw, we are mostly ready to do that, we mostly need the repo creation
now (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freedesktop/freedesktop/issues/119)

-- 
Marc-André Lureau