Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU license problem (was [PATCH v3] Drop --whole-archive and static libraries)

2010-03-07 Thread Laurent Desnogues
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote: [...] >> >> Removing libqemu.a was technically ok, but throws a license problem: >> > > Every file contains a copyright/license.  The statement in the top level is > just a statement of intention.  It's to make sure that people do not > introd

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU license problem (was [PATCH v3] Drop --whole-archive and static libraries)

2010-03-07 Thread Anthony Liguori
On 03/06/2010 05:33 AM, Stefan Weil wrote: Blue Swirl schrieb: Thanks, applied. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Andreas Färber wrote: From: Andreas Färber Juan has contributed a cool Makefile infrastructure that enables us to drop static libraries completely: Move shared obj-y d

[Qemu-devel] QEMU license problem (was [PATCH v3] Drop --whole-archive and static libraries)

2010-03-06 Thread Stefan Weil
Blue Swirl schrieb: > Thanks, applied. > > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Andreas Färber > wrote: >> From: Andreas Färber >> >> Juan has contributed a cool Makefile infrastructure that enables us >> to drop >> static libraries completely: >> >> Move shared obj-y definitions to Makefile.objs, p

[Qemu-devel] qemu LICENSE Makefile.target configure cpu-all....

2008-02-01 Thread Fabrice Bellard
CVSROOT:/sources/qemu Module name:qemu Changes by: Fabrice Bellard08/02/01 10:50:12 Modified files: . : LICENSE Makefile.target configure cpu-all.h cpu-defs.h cpu-exec.c dyngen.c exec-all.h exec.c tran

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardware

2007-06-24 Thread Paul Brook
On Thursday 21 June 2007, Armbrost Failsafe wrote: > We are looking into using QEMU as the base for a model of a custom system > featuring some custom ASICs. But licensing issues are halting the process > right now. Does anyone know what happens license-wise if we create a model > of proprietary ha

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardware

2007-06-22 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi, On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Luke -Jr wrote: > On Friday 22 June 2007 12:37, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > If at the same time you make something original, which is not derived from > > the GPLed program, then you are as free as a bird to sh*t on the GPL with > > regards to your original work. You c

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardware

2007-06-22 Thread Luke -Jr
On Friday 22 June 2007 12:37, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > If at the same time you make something original, which is not derived from > the GPLed program, then you are as free as a bird to sh*t on the GPL with > regards to your original work. You can choose whatever license, if any. Not if you wan

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardware

2007-06-22 Thread Ronnie Misra
On Jun 22, 2007, at 10:11 AM, Luke -Jr wrote: On Friday 22 June 2007 11:46, M. Warner Losh wrote: In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Luke -Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : On Friday 22 June 2007 11:07, you wrote: : > > On Thursday 21 June 2007 17:33, M. Warner Losh wrote: : > > > The G

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardware

2007-06-22 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi, On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Luke -Jr wrote: > On Friday 22 June 2007 11:46, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > > If what you did somehow wasn't a derivative work, then the there's no > > legal basis for forcing compliance with a license. > > Unless you modify or distribute the work. These acts are illegal

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardware

2007-06-22 Thread M. Warner Losh
[[ This is my last post on this topic, as we're starting to get quite far afield from QEMU and I'm starting to repeat myself. "Luke -Jr" wants the last word, he can have it ]] In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Luke -Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : On Friday 22 June 2007 11:46, M.

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardware

2007-06-22 Thread Luke -Jr
On Friday 22 June 2007 11:46, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Luke -Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > : On Friday 22 June 2007 11:07, you wrote: > : > > On Thursday 21 June 2007 17:33, M. Warner Losh wrote: > : > > > The GPL only has as much force of law as copy

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardware

2007-06-22 Thread Luke -Jr
On Friday 22 June 2007 11:07, you wrote: > > On Thursday 21 June 2007 17:33, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > > The GPL only has as much force of law as copyright law gives it, and in > > > order to be applicable, the work in question must somehow rely on the > > > GPL'd work. The "somehow" here is an in

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardware

2007-06-22 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Luke -Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : On Friday 22 June 2007 11:07, you wrote: : > > On Thursday 21 June 2007 17:33, M. Warner Losh wrote: : > > > The GPL only has as much force of law as copyright law gives it, and in : > > > order to be applicable, the

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardware

2007-06-22 Thread Warner Losh
From: Luke -Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardware Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:18:01 -0500 > On Thursday 21 June 2007 17:33, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > The GPL only has as much force of law as copyright law gives it, and in > > o

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardware

2007-06-22 Thread Luke -Jr
On Friday 22 June 2007 00:34, Balazs Attila-Mihaly (Cd-MaN) wrote: > I must prefix this with the fact that IANAL, but as I understand it, you > must release the source code only if you distribute that modified system > (with GPL v2). That is, if you use this system internally in you company, > you

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardware

2007-06-22 Thread Luke -Jr
On Thursday 21 June 2007 17:33, M. Warner Losh wrote: > The GPL only has as much force of law as copyright law gives it, and in > order to be applicable, the work in question must somehow rely on the GPL'd > work. The "somehow" here is an interesting legal question that hasn't been > well settled.

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardware

2007-06-21 Thread Balazs Attila-Mihaly \(Cd-MaN\)
hared library, and you would have no obligation regarding the code in the shared library. - Original Message From: Armbrost Failsafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Sent: Thursday, 21 June, 2007 2:28:53 PM Subject: [Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardwar

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardware

2007-06-21 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Luke -Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : On Thursday 21 June 2007 06:28, Armbrost Failsafe wrote: : > We are looking into using QEMU as the base for a model of a custom system : > featuring some custom ASICs. But licensing issues are halting the process : >

Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardware

2007-06-21 Thread Luke -Jr
On Thursday 21 June 2007 06:28, Armbrost Failsafe wrote: > We are looking into using QEMU as the base for a model of a custom system > featuring some custom ASICs. But licensing issues are halting the process > right now. Does anyone know what happens license-wise if we create a model > of propriet

[Qemu-devel] QEMU License and proprietary hardware

2007-06-21 Thread Armbrost Failsafe
We are looking into using QEMU as the base for a model of a custom system featuring some custom ASICs. But licensing issues are halting the process right now. Does anyone know what happens license-wise if we create a model of proprietary hardware using QEMU? Is that model automatically covered by

[Qemu-devel] qemu LICENSE

2007-02-05 Thread Fabrice Bellard
CVSROOT:/sources/qemu Module name:qemu Changes by: Fabrice Bellard07/02/05 21:06:29 Modified files: . : LICENSE Log message: update CVSWeb URLs: http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/qemu/LICENSE?cvsroot=qemu&r1=1.2&r2=1.3 ___