> On 9 Jun 2016, at 17:34, Jason P Andryuk <jason.p.andr...@aero.org> wrote: > > 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> > > Acked-by: Jason Andryuk <andr...@aero.org>
Acked-by: Anil Madhavapeddy <a...@recoil.org <mailto:a...@recoil.org>>
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