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Re: [Xen-devel] [Need Input] (informal) Automotive PV drivers subproject request



> Which allows them to be imported/shared with other OSes. Could you consider
> releasing the Linux drivers under this kind of license?

@Roger: Can you explain why this is a good idea? Apart from consitency
I think I know, but am not 100% sure. I suppose there are benefits for the likes of MiniOS, BSD, ...

Lars

On 04/06/2014 15:36, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
On 04/06/14 15:04, Artem Mygaiev wrote:
As a part of effort on bringing Xen into Automotive (and thus Embedded)
space, we are working on a set of PV drivers needed to share
peripherals between domains.
  * PV audio - new driver using ALSA
  * PV USB - based on old existing PV USB solution
  * PV framebuffer - modifications and improvements for existing FB
  * PV events - new driver for sharing HIDs across domains (touchscreen,
    keyb, etc.)
This list is not final, other things are to be added later on. Each
driver consists, obviously, of frontend and backend which may be
implemented for different OSes. So far only Linux is supported, QNX is
wip, ArcCore or similar being considered. Due to this, each driver has
following structure (sample):
/pv_audio
   /linux-alsa-be
   /linux-fe
   /qnx-be
   /qnx-fe
Linux kernel code is developed under GPLv2 license, userspace
components like some backends are under Apache 2 license, so can be
integrated into software with commercial licenses. QNX and other OSes
will have licenses that are required by corresponding regulations, some
may be not open nevertheless we tend to make all parts of the code
available to the Xen community.
Hello,

Most of the Xen PV frontends/backends inside of the Linux kernel are
under a dual-license like the following (this one is from blkfront):

  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
  * as published by the Free Software Foundation; or, when distributed
  * separately from the Linux kernel or incorporated into other
  * software packages, subject to the following license:
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this source file (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
  * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify,
  * merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
  * and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
  * the following conditions:
  *
  * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
  * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  *
  * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
  * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
  * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
  * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
  * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
  * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
  * IN THE SOFTWARE.

Which allows them to be imported/shared with other OSes. Could you
consider releasing the Linux drivers under this kind of license?

Thanks, Roger.

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