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Re: [PATCH] hw/misc: applesmc: use host osk as default on macs


From: Paolo Bonzini
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hw/misc: applesmc: use host osk as default on macs
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 20:54:34 +0200
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On 08/10/21 14:03, Phil Dennis-Jordan wrote:

1. Licensing
Given that the code it's heavily based on is copyright Apple Computer Inc., licensed under APSL, is it safe including it in qemu as is? If the integrated code is going to be quite so "directly inspired" (down to the inconsistent struct definition style and mixing unrelated constants in the same anonymous enum), perhaps at minimum place it in its own isolated source file with appropriate notice?

Yeah, this should be reverted.

Pedro, I understand that you stated it was "based on code from Apple" but you also said (by including Signed-off-by) that

---
(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
    have the right to submit it under the open source license
    indicated in the file; or

(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
    of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
    license and I have the right under that license to submit that
    work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
    by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
    permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
    in the file; or
---

and this is not true.

Thanks very much,

Paolo




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