* Thomas Bleher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-11-01 16:55]: > * 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.
Thiemo Seufer told me that GPLv2 is fine for qemu, therefore I'd like to ask that this patch be included in qemu as I posted it (the second version with the clarified GPLv2 license). Thanks, Thomas Bleher
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