Daniel P. Berrangé <[email protected]> writes: > On Mon, Sep 08, 2025 at 03:19:11PM +0100, Alex Bennée wrote: >> To continue our GitLab Open Source Program license we need to pass an >> automated license check for all repos under qemu-project. While U-Boot >> is clearly GPLv2 rather than fight with the automated validation >> script just move the mirror across to a separate project. >> >> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <[email protected]> >> Suggested-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> --- >> .gitmodules | 4 ++-- >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules >> index 73cae4cd4da..e27dfe8c2c1 100644 >> --- a/.gitmodules >> +++ b/.gitmodules >> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ >> url = https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu-palcode.git >> [submodule "roms/u-boot"] >> path = roms/u-boot >> - url = https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/u-boot.git >> + url = https://gitlab.com/qemu-project-mirrors/u-boot.git >> [submodule "roms/skiboot"] >> path = roms/skiboot >> url = https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/skiboot.git >> @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ >> url = https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/seabios-hppa.git >> [submodule "roms/u-boot-sam460ex"] >> path = roms/u-boot-sam460ex >> - url = https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/u-boot-sam460ex.git >> + url = https://gitlab.com/qemu-project-mirrors/u-boot-sam460ex.git >> [submodule "roms/edk2"] >> path = roms/edk2 >> url = https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/edk2.git > > Are these the only 2 repos that are still blocking the OSS program > approval checks we need ?
There are two biosbits repos and the s390 tools as well, see: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project-mirrors but we don't reference them as submodules. > > This is pretty ugly, but unless upstream u-boot is willing to add a COPYING > file very quickly, I'm not seeing better options, given that GitLab's OSS > Program approval is driven off entirely automated processing of the > COPYING/LICENSE file contents. > > If upstream u-boot.git added a good COPYING file, we would have to handle > the u-boot-sam460ex fork by pulling all of u-boot.git modern histry into > u-boot-sam460ex.git and ensuring the primary branch was master so GitLab > sees the COPYING file. The QEMU sub-module would still point to the > original old commit with the sam640ex changes we need, lacking a COPYING > file but that won't be a problem. > > > My only comment is that if we go down the route of this patch, I think we > should aim to move all read-only mirrored 3rd party stuff under the new > /qemu-project-mirrors group, so that /qemu is exclusively for code which > we actively maintain ourselves (and thus have control over licensing) Sure - I just wanted the minimum to get over the renewal. However I can't hit the button now, something is stopping me and its not entirely clear. I think maybe we need a Tax ID. > Every single active stable branch will need this change too, otherwise > they'll be unable to find the submodules we moved. Once this is in it will be easy enough to apply to the stable branches. > > Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <[email protected]> > > With regards, > Daniel -- Alex Bennée Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro
