Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] acpi: Re-license ACPI builder files from GPLv2 to LGPLv2.1

[Keir Fraser <keir.xen@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] acpi: Re-license ACPI builder files from.eml
>
> Subject:
> Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] acpi: Re-license ACPI builder files from GPLv2
> to LGPLv2.1
> From:
> "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>>
> Date:
> Thu, 4 Aug 2016 06:52:34 +0000
>
> To:
> Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>>, Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>, Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:keir@xxxxxxx>>, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx
> <mailto:jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>>
> CC:
> Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx>>,
> Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:stefanb@xxxxxxxxxx>>, Ian
> Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>,
> Kouya Shimura <kouya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:kouya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>,
> "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
> <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>, Daniel Kiper
> <dkiper@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dkiper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>
>
> > >  From: Boris Ostrovsky
> > >  Sent: Monday, August 01, 2016 9:57 PM
> > >  On 07/18/2016 10:01 AM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> > > >  >  ACPI builder is currently distributed under GPLv2 license.
> > > >  >
> > > >  >  We plan to make the builder available to components other
> > > >  >  than the hvmloader (which is also GPLv2). Some of these
> > > >  >  components (such as libxl) may be distributed under LGPL-2.1
> > > >  >  so that they can be used by non-GPLv2 callers.  But this
> > > >  >  will not be possible if we incorporate the ACPI builder in
> > > >  >  those other components.
> > > >  >
> > > >  >  To avoid this problem we are relicensing sources in ACPI
> > > >  >  bulder directory to the Lesser GNU Public License (LGPL)
> > > >  >  version 2.1
> > > >  >
> > > >  >  Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky<boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >  >  CC: Kouya Shimura<kouya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >  >  CC: Daniel Kiper<dkiper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >  >  CC: Stefan Berger<stefanb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >  >  CC: Simon Horman<horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >  >  CC: Keir Fraser<keir@xxxxxxx>
> > > >  >  CC: Ian Jackson<ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >  >  CC: Lars Kurth<lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Kevin Tian<kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>  for all Intel related code.
Acked-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx>

> Thanks
> Kevin
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