From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 058D5C433EF for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2022 14:57:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:42726 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nXlNb-0004SR-0h for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2022 10:57:31 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:36954) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nXlMA-0002RV-AR for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2022 10:56:02 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.133.124]:48255) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nXlM8-0003wa-5W for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2022 10:56:01 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1648220158; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=DVbcI0SOP4OgYrSWFMAxrFX4qiZaqc1AY+noDV/CqVA=; b=EsMgM5eyYx0O4ANocQIl/5v5hvCDrfec0gjE//Gc+FTJnWyzA9rVKCff93+mKw9vZE4Zx1 BUJO4aVSBTCIef4dQrwCTT4ptf7V1j6Z1wPYBiCGNLZ1UmG+PK7bQ6zbNKh1odzz1My0Qb t0pg7wBa7sjDzRcxovsGpx2VL9vckzo= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-102-TilV-4RsNMeVss3hCCryeA-1; Fri, 25 Mar 2022 10:55:53 -0400 X-MC-Unique: TilV-4RsNMeVss3hCCryeA-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 650AC80281D; Fri, 25 Mar 2022 14:55:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from redhat.com (unknown [10.2.16.192]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DEE727AFA; Fri, 25 Mar 2022 14:55:48 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 09:55:47 -0500 From: Eric Blake To: John Snow Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] python/aqmp: add explicit GPLv2 license to legacy.py Message-ID: <20220325145547.fjddkhdwfapmnokq@redhat.com> References: <20220321210847.914787-1-jsnow@redhat.com> <20220321210847.914787-2-jsnow@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: NeoMutt/20211029-512-43304b X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.11.54.5 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=eblake@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=eblake@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -21 X-Spam_score: -2.2 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.082, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Kevin Wolf , Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy , Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= , Beraldo Leal , Qemu-block , qemu-devel , Markus Armbruster , Hanna Reitz , Andrea Bolognani , Cleber Rosa , Luiz Capitulino Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 12:07:24PM -0400, John Snow wrote: ... > > Yep, as I mentioned, I don't want to see us abandon copyleft either. > > > > Of course everyone has their own preferred license, so I'm sure > > people who write apps with MIT, will think we should use MIT > > too. Ultimately though, if we choose LGPL, they can still use > > our module from an MIT licensed app, or any other licensed app > > for that matter. > > > > OK, thanks for your input here. My plan right now, then, is: > > (1) Relicense aqmp as LGPLv2+ > (2) Fork into new repo as discussed previously on qemu-devel > (3) Work on dropping legacy.py (GPLv2) in favor of sync.py (LGPLv2+) That plan works for me. I'm happy for any of my contributions to be widened to LGPLv2+, but not with the thought of abandoning copyleft by going all the way to MIT. > > I plan to version the fledgling forked repo as 0.0.z until I drop > legacy.py, and then I'll version as 0.y.z for "a while", (A release or > two for QEMU?), and then tag v1.0.0. > (As we discussed earlier, with a non-finalized API, I'll be pinning > QEMU to use specific versions until it stabilizes.) > > I think you're right that we probably could relicense legacy.py > without too much fuss, I think the most significant contributions that > didn't come from Luiz or myself were made to docstrings, and only > extremely few contributions came from non-RH addresses. Still, I plan > to drop the whole file anyway, so I figured I'd side-step the > relicensing justification there, even if it's doable. I'm happy to relicense any of my contributions as needed (did I actually write any, or just provide reviews?), but as you say, sidestepping the process may get to the same end goal even faster. -- Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3266 Virtualization: qemu.org | libvirt.org