Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 2/8] slirp: relicense GPL files to BSD-3

[Thomas Huth]

On 14/03/2019 14.10, 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:
> 
> - slirp/dhcpv6.{c,h}
> 
> Subject: Re: Clearing slirp/ license
> To: "Marc-André Lureau" <address@hidden>, QEMU <address@hidden>, Thomas Huth 
> <address@hidden>
> Cc: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>, Samuel Thibault <address@hidden>
> References: <address@hidden>
> From: "Cédric Le Goater" <address@hidden>
> Message-ID: <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:23:25 +0100
> 
>> Could you reply that you have no objection in relicensing those files
>> are 3-Clause BSD?
> 
> Fine for me. You can change the license of slirp/ncsi.c and
> slirp/ncsi-pkt.hto a 3-Clause BSD.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> C.
> 
> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Clearing slirp/ license
> To: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>, Shan Gavin <address@hidden>
> Cc: Alexey Kardashevskiy <address@hidden>, "Marc-André Lureau" 
> <address@hidden>, Gavin Shan <address@hidden>, Thomas Huth <address@hidden>, 
> QEMU <address@hidden>, Samuel Thibault <address@hidden>
> References: <address@hidden> <address@hidden> <address@hidden> 
> <address@hidden> <address@hidden> <address@hidden>
> From: "Cédric Le Goater" <address@hidden>
> Message-ID: <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 11:49:21 +0100
> 
>> Is the code in question copyright you personally, or copyright
>> IBM as your employer at the time ? If the latter, it is IBM that
>> would need to approve the relicensing.
> 
> That was done. I had our legal team approve the change of license.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> C.
> 
> From: Shan Gavin <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:04:54 +0800
> Message-ID: <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Clearing slirp/ license
> To: Alexey Kardashevskiy <address@hidden>
> Cc: "Marc-André Lureau" <address@hidden>, "Cédric Le Goater" 
> <address@hidden>, address@hidden, Peter Maydell <address@hidden>, Thomas Huth 
> <address@hidden>, QEMU <address@hidden>, Samuel Thibault <address@hidden>
> 
>> Gavin, could you reply that you have no objection in relicensing
>> ncsi-pkt.h as 3-Clause BSD?
> 
> No objection. Please go ahead with the relicensing.
> 
> Cheers,
> Gavin
> 
> - ncsi.c, ncsi-pkt.h
> 
> Subject: Re: Clearing slirp/ license
> To: "Marc-André Lureau" <address@hidden>, QEMU <address@hidden>, "Cédric Le 
> Goater" <address@hidden>
> Cc: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>, Samuel Thibault <address@hidden>
> References: <address@hidden>
> From: Thomas Huth <address@hidden>
> Message-ID: <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 12:30:32 +0100
> 
>> Could you reply that you have no objection in relicensing those files
>> are 3-Clause BSD?
> 
> Ok, for the records: I'm fine if you change the license of dhcpv6.[ch]
> to either 3-Clause BSD or 2-Clause BSD.
> 
>  Thomas
> 
> - vmstate.{c,h}
> 
> From: Juan Quintela <address@hidden>
> To: "Marc-André Lureau" <address@hidden>
> Cc: QEMU <address@hidden>, Peter Maydell <address@hidden>, Samuel Thibault 
> <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Clearing slirp/ license
> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 12:43:17 +0100
> Message-ID: <address@hidden>
> 
>> Juan, Could you reply that you have no objection in relicensing the
>> vmstate files as 3-Clause BSD?
> 
> No problem at all on my side.
> 
> Later, Juan.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <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(-)

Acked-by: Thomas Huth <address@hidden>