> -----Original Message----- > From: Stefan Hajnoczi [mailto:stefa...@gmail.com] > Sent: Donnerstag, 22. November 2012 18:02 > To: Dietmar Maurer > Cc: kw...@redhat.com; qemu-devel@nongnu.org > Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] RFC: Efficient VM backup for qemu > (v1) > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Dietmar Maurer <diet...@proxmox.com> > wrote: > >> > The documents says: VMware products are covered by one or more > >> patents > >> > listed at http://www.vmware.com/go/patents > >> > > >> > I simply do not have the time to check all those things, which make > >> > that > >> format unusable for me. > >> > >> In think proxmox ships the QEMU vmdk functionality today? In that > >> case you should check this :). > > > > Well, and also remove it from the qemu repository? Such things are not > compatible with GPL? > > If you are really concerned about this then submit a patch to add ./configure > --disable-vmdk, ship QEMU without VMDK, and drop it from your > documentation/wiki. > > If you're not really concerned, then let's accept that VMDK support is okay.
I simply don't want to waste time one something with unclear License issues. So I will not work on such format. Don't get me wrong - that is just my personal opinion.
