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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 2/8] slirp: relicense GPL files to BSD-3
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Cédric Le Goater |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 2/8] slirp: relicense GPL files to BSD-3 |
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Thu, 21 Mar 2019 16:04:11 +0100 |
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On 3/14/19 2:10 PM, 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
for the NC-SI files,
Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <address@hidden>
Thanks,
C.
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/8] slirp: clarify license of slirp as BSD-3, (continued)
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 8/8] slirp: is not maintained by Kelly Price for a long time, Marc-André Lureau, 2019/03/14
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 6/8] slirp: clarify license of slirp files using SPDX, Marc-André Lureau, 2019/03/14
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 4/8] slirp: clarify license of slirp files using SPDX, Marc-André Lureau, 2019/03/14
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 5/8] slirp: clarify license of slirp files using SPDX, Marc-André Lureau, 2019/03/14
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 7/8] slirp: remove reference to COPYRIGHT file, Marc-André Lureau, 2019/03/14
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 2/8] slirp: relicense GPL files to BSD-3, Marc-André Lureau, 2019/03/14
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 3/8] slirp: clarify license of slirp files using SPDX, Marc-André Lureau, 2019/03/14
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/8] slirp: update COPYRIGHT to use full 3-Clause BSD License, Marc-André Lureau, 2019/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/8] slirp: clarify license of slirp as BSD-3, Eric Blake, 2019/03/14