Il 28/06/2013 13:01, Daniel P. Berrange ha scritto: >>> What is the license of the VSS SDK ? In particular is the license >>> compatible with QEMU to allow us to link to it from GPL code ? >> >> Doesn't it fall under the "operating system component" exception? > > Maybe, maybe no. I think it depends what the VSS SDK actually includes. > > IANAL, but my interpretation is that the exception would only apply > to stuff that is distributed as part of the base Windows install. Since > this is a separate download from Microsoft, it isn't clear to me that > the exception would apply in this case. > > Does the VSS SDK actually include the .dll library that qemu-ga would > be linking aginst, or is the .dll part of base windows install, and > VSS SDK merely includes the header files needed for compilation ?
Only the headers, the IDL files, and the "import libraries": Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/lib/winxp/obj/i386/vss_uuid.lib Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/lib/winxp/obj/i386/vssapi.lib Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/lib/win2003/obj/ia64/vss_uuid.lib Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/lib/win2003/obj/ia64/vssapi.lib Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/lib/win2003/obj/i386/vssapi.lib Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/lib/win2003/obj/i386/vss_uuid.lib Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/lib/win2003/obj/amd64/vss_uuid.lib Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/lib/win2003/obj/amd64/vssapi.lib Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/winxp/vss.h Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/winxp/vswriter.h Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/winxp/vsbackup.h Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vdslun.h Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vswriter.h Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vsmgmt.h Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vscoordint.h Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vscoordint.idl Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vsswprv.idl Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vsswprv.h Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vss.idl Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vss.h Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vdslun.idl Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vsbackup.h Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vsprov.idl Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vsprov.h Program Files/Microsoft/VSSSDK72/inc/win2003/vsmgmt.idl Paolo
