Aleksandar Markovic <aleksandar.m.m...@gmail.com> writes:

> I read LICENSE file, but I read also recent contributions, and it is
> not clear to me what version of GPL is best/recommended for new file
> just being introduced to QEMU:

The situation is confusing.  It's a mess of our own making.

> * GPL 2.0
> * GPL 2.0 (or later at your option)
> * GPL 2.1
> * GPL 2.1 (or later at your option)
>
> or something else. (The rest od wording of license preamble is clear
> to me.) Please somebody explsin snd clarify.

Let's not add to the mess: GPLv2+ unless you have a compelling reason to
deviate, spelled out in your commit message.

In my opinion, accepting GPLv2-only contributions was a mistake.


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