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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC, PATCH 5/24] i386 Vmi code patching

To: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [RFC, PATCH 5/24] i386 Vmi code patching
From: Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:54:26 -0800
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Rik van Riel wrote:
On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

The code _you_ wrote can be put under any license(s) you want, so in
the worst case you do not need to rewrite your .c files.

The license might affect which other OSes could link in
the ROM though...

That's actually a hideously good point. I think that means, in fact, that the ROM code specifically cannot be GPL'd - otherwise BSD might be unable to use it. The LGPL might be more appropriate.

Zach


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