Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/tools: Introduce QNX IFS loader

[Artem Mygaiev <artem.mygaiev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lars, let me comment here. Apache 2 license is used on reference
loader supplied by QNX to allow re-use code of the reference
implementation, so it is OK to stick to it here.

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On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 7:09 AM, Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On 19/08/2014 11:26, "Dario Faggioli" <dario.faggioli@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>[Adding Lars, as he may be of help with licensing things]
>>
>>On mar, 2014-08-19 at 17:13 +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>>> On 19/08/14 16:51, Oleksandr Tyshchenko wrote:
>>> > Add ability to load QNX IFS image. Based on IPL code (U-Boot for QNX).
>>> >
>>> > Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Tyshchenko
>>><oleksandr.tyshchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> > ---
>>> >  tools/libxc/Makefile              |   1 +
>>> >  tools/libxc/xc_dom_qnxifsloader.c | 189
>>>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> >  2 files changed, 190 insertions(+)
>>> >  create mode 100644 tools/libxc/xc_dom_qnxifsloader.c
>>> >
>>> > diff --git a/tools/libxc/Makefile b/tools/libxc/Makefile
>>> > index 22eef8e..812cc7e 100644
>>> > --- a/tools/libxc/Makefile
>>> > +++ b/tools/libxc/Makefile
>>> > @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ GUEST_SRCS-y                 += xc_dom_elfloader.c
>>> >  GUEST_SRCS-$(CONFIG_X86)     += xc_dom_bzimageloader.c
>>> >  GUEST_SRCS-$(CONFIG_X86)     += xc_dom_decompress_lz4.c
>>> >  GUEST_SRCS-$(CONFIG_ARM)     += xc_dom_armzimageloader.c
>>> > +GUEST_SRCS-$(CONFIG_ARM)     += xc_dom_qnxifsloader.c
>>> >  GUEST_SRCS-y                 += xc_dom_binloader.c
>>> >  GUEST_SRCS-y                 += xc_dom_compat_linux.c
>>> >
>>> > diff --git a/tools/libxc/xc_dom_qnxifsloader.c
>>>b/tools/libxc/xc_dom_qnxifsloader.c
>>> > new file mode 100644
>>> > index 0000000..45d007d
>>> > --- /dev/null
>>> > +++ b/tools/libxc/xc_dom_qnxifsloader.c
>>> > @@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
>>> > +/*
>>> > + * Xen domain builder -- QNX IFS bits
>>> > + *
>>> > + * Parse and load QNX IFS image.
>>> > + *
>>> > + * Copyright (C) 2014, Globallogic.
>>> > + *
>>> > + * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
>>>You
>>> > + * may not reproduce, modify or distribute this software except in
>>> > + * compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License
>>> > + * at: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
>>> > + *
>>> > + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
>>>software
>>> > + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
>>> > + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
>>> > + *
>>> > + * This file may contain contributions from others, either as
>>> > + * contributors under the License or as licensors under other terms.
>>> > + * Please review this entire file for other proprietary rights or
>>>license
>>> > + * notices, as well as the QNX Development Suite License Guide at
>>> > + * http://licensing.qnx.com/license-guide/ for other information.
>>> > + */
>>>
>>> The rest of libxc is licensed under GPLv2.1, which is incompatible with
>>> Apache 2.0
>
> That is correct.
>
> The question is whether this code needs to be Apache 2.0. My understanding
> was that the QNX recommendation is that a base port of QNX (aka the
> drivers) are recommended to be Apache 2. But it is not clear to me whether
> the boot loader needs to be. I donÂt have enough context and canÂt find
> any reference to the file system itself in the license guide.
>
> I do not know enough about the subtleties of licenses here and am adding
> Brian, in case we need to get some more advice on how to mitigate this
> issue.
>
> @Oleksandr, can you also check with your legal guys?
>
> Regards
> Lars
>
>
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