* Thiemo Seufer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-31 17:14]: > Thomas Bleher wrote: > > * Thiemo Seufer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-31 13:54]: > > > Thomas Bleher wrote: > > > > --- /dev/null > > > > +++ b/hw/tpm.c > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,219 @@ > > > > +/* > > > > + * TPM emulation > > > > + * Written by Thomas Bleher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > > > + * > > > > + * This driver emulates a TPM chip. TPM chips are quite complex, and a > > > > TPM > > > > + * emulator already exists, therefore this driver just connects to this > > > > + * emulator and forwards all the data. For the TPM emulator project, > > > > see > > > > + * http://tpm-emulator.berlios.de/ > > > > + * > > > > + * The author does not own any TPM chip himself, so the Linux Kernel > > > > driver for > > > > + * Atmel TPM chips was taken as a reference. The code works fine with > > > > the Linux > > > > + * driver, but no tests have been done on other operating systems. > > > > + * > > > > + * Some structures are copied from the Linux Kernel source code. > > > > + */ > > > > > > So the License of this file is "GPL, Version 2"? The license should be > > > mentioned in the comment. > > > > I think that the parts I copied are not copyrightable, as I only copied > > the two enums (I didn't copy any structures, the comment was wrong) and, > > modulo naming, I see no other way to implement this. > > Ok, so the Kernel license isn't relevant here. > > > So I would be willing to license this under a more liberal license, but > > to be on the safe side, GNU GPLv2 is the best choice. > > I didn't intend to enforce GPL licensing, I just concluded from the > description that the patch would include substantial parts of kernel > source code. Since this isn't the case, feel free to choose your > preferred license for it.
Is there a preferred license for qemu? I see that the code as a whole is licensed under the GPLv2, but some code is under the LGPL or some BSD license. I'm willing to license it under whatever license suits qemu best. Regards, Thomas
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