Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH for 4.7] libxenvchan: Change license of header from Lesser GPL v2.1 to BSD

[Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Acked-by: Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

-- 
Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

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