On Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 11:16:10AM -0400, Daniel De Graaf wrote: > On 06/09/2016 10:21 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > > As the xen/COPYING file says: > > "A few files are licensed under both GPL and a weaker BSD-style > > license. This includes all files within the subdirectory > > include/public, as described in include/public/COPYING. All such > > files include the non-GPL license text as a source-code comment. > > Although the license text refers generically to "the software", the > > non-GPL license applies *only* to those source files that explicitly > > include the non-GPL license text." > > > > The libxenvchan.h is under xen/include/public/io directory and the > > xen/include/public/COPYING says: > > > > "XEN NOTICE > > ========== > > > > This copyright applies to all files within this subdirectory and its > > subdirectories: > > include/public/*.h > > include/public/hvm/*.h > > include/public/io/*.h > > > > The intention is that these files can be freely copied into the > > source tree of an operating system when porting that OS to run on > > Xen. Doing so does *not* cause the OS to become subject to the terms of the > > GPL. > > > > All other files in the Xen source distribution are covered by > > version > > 2 of the GNU General Public License except where explicitly stated > > otherwise within individual source files. > > " > > Having the libxenvchan.h as Lesser GPL v2.1 where the COPYING file > > says otherwise is confusing to say at least. > > > > Upon consulting with the authors of libxenvchan they said: > > "FWIW Neither I, nor ITL staff (as author of original libvchan > > library) have anything against converting it to the BSD-style licence." > > (Marek Marczykowski-Górecki, > > http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2016-06/msg00995.html) > > so as such lets change it. > > > > Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.w...@oracle.com> > > Acked-by: Daniel De Graaf <dgde...@tycho.nsa.gov>
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