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Thu, 24 Mar 2022 07:29:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 744723338238 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Thu, 24 Mar 2022 14:29:25 +0000 From: Andrea Bolognani References: <20220321210847.914787-1-jsnow@redhat.com> <20220321210847.914787-2-jsnow@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 14:29:25 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] python/aqmp: add explicit GPLv2 license to legacy.py To: =?UTF-8?Q?Daniel_P=2E_Berrang=C3=A9?= Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=abologna@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=abologna@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_H4=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=unavailable 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 , Beraldo Leal , Qemu-block , qemu-devel , Markus Armbruster , Hanna Reitz , Cleber Rosa , Luiz Capitulino , John Snow Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 09:03:07AM +0000, Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 wrote: > > Overall making it *all* GPLv2+ compat is going to be important if you > > want people to be comfortable using it. If it has a mix of GPLv2+ > > and GPLv2-only code in the source tarball, then the overall combined > > work will have to be considered GPLv2-only and that will put people > > off using it. Even if they could theoreticallly restrict their usage > > to only the GPLv2+ parts, many won't get that far before moving on. Agreed. > Actually I'll go furthuer and suggest that if we're going to do a > relicensing at all, and your goal is to encourage usage, then GPLv2+ > is the wrong choice. Use LGPLv2+ if you want to facilitate usage, while > retaining a copyleft license. Does LGPL make sense in the context of Python, where there is no linking? --=20 Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization