Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/4] hvmloader: Add support for PCI to PCI bridge

[George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Andrew Cooper
<andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 15/06/15 15:15, Don Slutz wrote:
>> Most of this code is ported from SeaBIOS.
>>
>>
>
> SeaBIOS is LGPLv3, while Hvmloader is GPLv2
>
> IANAL, but the FSF indicates that this is not a compatible combination.

So I guess in part it depends on the degree to which "ported" means
"copied verbatim" vs just "used as an inspiration for writing the new
functionality".  (I.e., the degree to which the authors of SeaBIOS can
claim copyright over the code in this patch.)

 -George

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