On 2022-03-25 16:04, John Snow wrote: > qmp-shell is presently licensed as GPLv2 (only). 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 from the current authors of this > tool to loosen the license. At present, those people are: > > - John Snow (me!), 411/609 > - Luiz Capitulino, Author, 97/609 > - Daniel Berrangé, 81/609 > - Eduardo Habkost, 10/609 > - Marc-André Lureau, 6/609 > - Fam Zheng, 3/609 > - Cleber Rosa, 1/609 > > (All of which appear to have been written under redhat.com addresses.) > > Eduardo's fixes are largely automated from 2to3 conversion tools and may > not necessarily constitute authorship, but his signature would put to > rest any questions. > > Cleber's changes concern a single import statement change. Also won't > hurt to ask. > > CC: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitul...@redhat.com> > CC: Daniel Berrange <berra...@redhat.com> > CC: Eduardo Habkost <ehabk...@habkost.com> > CC: Marc-André Lureau <mlur...@redhat.com> > CC: Fam Zheng <f...@euphon.net> > CC: Cleber Rosa <cr...@redhat.com> > > Signed-off-by: John Snow <js...@redhat.com>
No longer wearing that hat any more so maybe my reply doesn't matter, but since I'm Cc'ed with my new address, I am personally happy with the re-licensing: Acked-by: Fam Zheng <f...@euphon.net>
