[Spice-devel] [PATCH spice-protocol] Change enums.h license to MIT

Frediano Ziglio fziglio at redhat.com
Fri May 5 15:54:51 UTC 2017


> 
> On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 11:10 +0100, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
> > This allows the header to be used in no GPL programs.
> > Others headers are already MIT licensed so this change do
> > not require additional changes to already existing
> > programs.
> > 
> > The file can be generated with
> > 
> >   ./spice_codegen.py -e spice.proto --license MIT enums.h
> 
> fine with me. Should we change the licence of spice.proto as well?
> 

That's a good question. Actually there's no license header on the file.
But would be crazy to allows to implement it free (like html5 or
mac or android) and then publish it with a license not compatible
to be freely used for this purpose.

Frediano

> > 
> > from spice-common.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Frediano Ziglio <fziglio at redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  spice/enums.h | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
> >  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/spice/enums.h b/spice/enums.h
> > index ecb41d7..7fe6f20 100644
> > --- a/spice/enums.h
> > +++ b/spice/enums.h
> > @@ -1,19 +1,32 @@
> >  /* this is a file autogenerated by spice_codegen.py */
> >  /*
> > -  Copyright (C) 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
> > -
> > -  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> > -  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> > -  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> > -  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later
> > version.
> > -
> > -  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> > -  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> > -  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> > -  Lesser General Public License for more details.
> > -
> > -  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> > -  License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/
> > licenses/>.
> > +   Copyright (C) 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
> > +
> > +   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
> > without
> > +   modification, are permitted provided that the following
> > conditions are
> > +   met:
> > +
> > +       * Redistributions of source code must retain the above
> > copyright
> > +         notice, this list of conditions and the following
> > disclaimer.
> > +       * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
> > copyright
> > +         notice, this list of conditions and the following
> > disclaimer in
> > +         the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
> > +         distribution.
> > +       * Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of
> > its
> > +         contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
> > derived
> > +         from this software without specific prior written
> > permission.
> > +
> > +   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER AND
> > CONTRIBUTORS "AS
> > +   IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
> > LIMITED
> > +   TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
> > +   PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
> > COPYRIGHT
> > +   HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
> > INCIDENTAL,
> > +   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
> > +   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
> > USE,
> > +   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
> > ON ANY
> > +   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR
> > TORT
> > +   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF
> > THE USE
> > +   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
> > DAMAGE.
> >  */
> >  
> >  #ifndef _H_SPICE_ENUMS
> 


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