On Dienstag, 24. August 2021 16:45:12 CEST Markus Armbruster wrote: > Christian Schoenebeck <qemu_...@crudebyte.com> writes: > > On Dienstag, 24. August 2021 10:22:52 CEST Markus Armbruster wrote: > [...] > > >> Please use GPLv2+ unless you have a compelling reason not to. > >> > >> [...] > > > > Is that a requirement? > > > > It is just my personal license preference. AFAICS there are numerous > > sources in QEMU released under MIT license as well. > > The licensing situation is a mess. > > The only hard requirement is "compatible with GPLv2+". We prefer GPLv2+ > for new code, except as detailed in ./LICENSE. We're stuck with a > sizable body of existing code that is GPLv2 (no +), but decided to put > limits to that madness. Again, see ./LICENSE for details. > > I'm asking you to help with limiting the madness by sticking to GPLv2+ > whenever possible.
Okay, I see that there is quite a homogenous license structure in Qemu. However the MIT license is a very permissive license, so I don't see any conflicts. What if I release this file under public domain? That's not even copyleft at all. What that be OK for you? My idea was that people might simply take this header file and use it in other C projects as well. Putting it under GPL might cause conflicts for other projects. Best regards, Christian Schoenebeck
