| Message ID | 1474642971-11866-1-git-send-email-felipe@nutanix.com (mailing list archive) |
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On 09/23/2016 10:02 AM, Felipe Franciosi wrote: > As discussed on the list [1], having a comment stating that this file > is "public domain" is arguably wrong and not legally binding. This patch > replaces that comment with a clear GPLv2+ license as proposed in [2]. > > [1] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg06151.html > [2] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg06217.html > > Worth noting, compiler.h was originally created on 5c026320 by splitting > qemu-common.h. At the time, qemu-common.h was already GPLv2+. > > Signed-off-by: Felipe Franciosi <felipe@nutanix.com> > --- > v3: Explicitly call out 5c026320 on the commit message. > v2: Add a GPLv2+ statement after removing 'public domain' text. > Amend the commit message and text to reflect it. > > include/qemu/compiler.h | 6 +++++- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
diff --git a/include/qemu/compiler.h b/include/qemu/compiler.h index 338d3a6..157698b 100644 --- a/include/qemu/compiler.h +++ b/include/qemu/compiler.h @@ -1,4 +1,8 @@ -/* public domain */ +/* compiler.h: macros to abstract away compiler specifics + * + * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later. + * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory. + */ #ifndef COMPILER_H #define COMPILER_H
As discussed on the list [1], having a comment stating that this file is "public domain" is arguably wrong and not legally binding. This patch replaces that comment with a clear GPLv2+ license as proposed in [2]. [1] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg06151.html [2] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg06217.html Worth noting, compiler.h was originally created on 5c026320 by splitting qemu-common.h. At the time, qemu-common.h was already GPLv2+. Signed-off-by: Felipe Franciosi <felipe@nutanix.com> --- v3: Explicitly call out 5c026320 on the commit message. v2: Add a GPLv2+ statement after removing 'public domain' text. Amend the commit message and text to reflect it. include/qemu/compiler.h | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)