From 6a460ed18a3fda0eb2d9c96b8b01817b4dcbded4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Hajnoczi Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 14:52:18 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] configure: disable Archipelago by default and warn about libxseg GPLv3 license MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit libxseg has changed license to GPLv3. QEMU includes GPL "v2 only" code which is not compatible with GPLv3. This means the resulting binaries may not be redistributable! Disable Archipelago (libxseg) by default to prevent accidental license violations. Also warn if linking against libxseg is enabled to remind the user. Note that this commit does not constitute any advice about software licensing. If you have doubts you should consult a lawyer. Cc: Chrysostomos Nanakos Suggested-by: Kevin Wolf Reported-by: Andreas Färber Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi Reviewed-by: Andreas Färber Message-id: 1428587538-8765-1-git-send-email-stefanha@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell --- configure | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/configure b/configure index 09c9225..8b673fd 100755 --- a/configure +++ b/configure @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ seccomp="" glusterfs="" glusterfs_discard="no" glusterfs_zerofill="no" -archipelago="" +archipelago="no" gtk="" gtkabi="" vte="" @@ -3173,6 +3173,12 @@ EOF archipelago="yes" libs_tools="$archipelago_libs $libs_tools" libs_softmmu="$archipelago_libs $libs_softmmu" + + echo "WARNING: Please check the licenses of QEMU and libxseg carefully." + echo "GPLv3 versions of libxseg may not be compatible with QEMU's" + echo "license and therefore prevent redistribution." + echo + echo "To disable Archipelago, use --disable-archipelago" else if test "$archipelago" = "yes" ; then feature_not_found "Archipelago backend support" "Install libxseg devel" -- 2.7.4