Hii John,

On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 1:34 AM John Snow <js...@redhat.com> wrote:

> aqmp-tui, the async QMP text user interface tool, is presently licensed
> as GPLv2+. I intend to include this tool as an add-on to an LGPLv2+
> library package hosted on PyPI.org. I've selected LGPLv2+ to maximize
> compatibility with other licenses while retaining a copyleft license.
>
> To keep licensing matters simple, I'd like to relicense this tool as
> LGPLv2+ as well in order to keep the resultant license of the hosted
> release files simple -- even if library users won't "link against" this
> command line tool.
>
> Therefore, I am asking permission to loosen the license.
>
> Niteesh is effectively the sole author of this code, with scattered
> lines from myself.
>
> CC: G S Niteesh Babu <niteesh...@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: John Snow <js...@redhat.com>
>
   Reviewed-by: G S Niteesh Babu <niteesh...@gmail.com>

>
> ---
>
> Niteesh, if you agree to loosening the license on your work, you can
> reply with a Reviewed-by line to let us know that you agree to the
> change. If you disagree, an explicit 'nack' would be helpful.
>
> There is no obligation for you to agree to this change, but it'd make
> things easier for me if you did.
>


> Thanks,
> --js
>
> ---
>  python/qemu/aqmp/aqmp_tui.py | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/python/qemu/aqmp/aqmp_tui.py b/python/qemu/aqmp/aqmp_tui.py
> index f1e926dd75..946ba9af24 100644
> --- a/python/qemu/aqmp/aqmp_tui.py
> +++ b/python/qemu/aqmp/aqmp_tui.py
> @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
>  # Authors:
>  #  Niteesh Babu G S <niteesh...@gmail.com>
>  #
> -# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
> +# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2 or
>  # later.  See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
>  """
>  AQMP TUI
> --
> 2.34.1
>
>

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