> On 3 May 2019, at 15:31, Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 03:21:09PM +0200, Christophe de Dinechin wrote: >> Hi Frediano, >> >> >> We discussed GPL vs LGPL for the recorder library. >> >> I made a mistake in commit e7df1041176eda88aea6102d1c4ecd9f144321a6 of >> the recorder library trying to “renormalize” the headers before submitting >> the Fedora package (the “norm” being that each file should contain the >> license blurb). The script I applied put a GPL license blurb on each file, >> not LGPL. I believe our agreement was to stick to LGPL in order to >> facilitate the integration in SPICE. >> >> So first, this email is a public record that this is a mistake on my part, >> that the intent is and remain to have a license that makes it possible to >> integrate in SPICE, and that if GPL makes this impossible, the library >> will be reverted to LGPL ASAP. >> >> Second, I vaguely remember there was an objection to some variant of LGPL >> (v2 or v3). The primary license text for the recorder library is currently >> LGPLv3. Can you please confirm that LGPLv3 works for SPICE? > > Do you LGPLv3-only or LGPLv3-or-later ? Right now, it’s LGPLv3-or-later > > The rest of the SPICE git repos are LGPLv2-or-later licensed. Thus using > any LGPLv3 license will prevent sharing or movement of code from spice > recorder into any of the other spice libraries, without the copyright > holders agreeing to relicense it to LGPLv2-or-later. > > LGPLv3 will also prevent spice recorder being used in any app which has > GPLv2-only code. QEMU is such an application for example. > > LGPLv2-or-later feels like a more natural choice for consistency with > existing spice code & greater application license compatibility. OK. Will do that then. (Frediano, you are the other copyright holder on this code, so raise your voice now if you disagree). Thanks Christophe > > Regards, > Daniel > -- > |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| > |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| > |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :| > _______________________________________________ > Spice-devel mailing list > Spice-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel _______________________________________________ Spice-devel mailing list Spice-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel