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xen-devel
[Xen-devel] Re: Grub2 on Xen PV
Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> If it's new BSD (without the advertising clause), then that's
> perfectly fine. Unfortunately I couldn't read so however hard I
> tried. From the top level COPYING file:
>
> Licensing Exceptions (the relaxed BSD-style license)
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> For the convenience of users and those who are porting OSes to run
> as Xen guests, certain files in this repository are not subject to
> the GPL when distributed separately or included in software
> packages outside this repository. Instead we specify a much more
> relaxed BSD-style license. Affected files include the Xen interface
> headers (xen/include/public/COPYING), and various drivers, support
> functions and header files within the Linux source trees on
> http://xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6.X-xen.hg. In all such cases,
> license terms are stated at the top of the file or in a COPYING
> file in the same directory. Note that _any_ file that is modified
> and then distributed within a Linux kernel is still subject to the
> GNU GPL.
>
> But there's no COPYING file under extras, nor the above mentions
> MiniOS. The comment in blkfront.c says it's based on netfront.c,
> whose comment says it's based on Xen Linux, which is BSD by the above,
> so that may be OK. But other parts of MiniOS haven't got any license
> declaration, so it isn't obvious, for the very least... I wonder how
> it could be better communicated.
>
> Meanwhile I'll try to proceed nevertheless.
Yeah, we'll try to make it more clear.
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