[coreboot] libpayload and LGPL code

[Chauhan, Himanshu]

On Monday, September 22, 2014, Peter Stuge <peter at stuge.se> wrote:

> Paul Menzel wrote:
> > `libpayload: Add Virtio layer and storage device support`
> ..
> > Some of the files are taken from SeaBIOS and are licensed under the GNU
> > LGPLv3. Is that allowed/wanted to be in libpayload?
>
> I for one think it would be good to keep libpayload BSD-licensed.
>
>
> Chauhan, Himanshu wrote:
> > In that case would it make sense to put it in FILO which is GPL?
>
> Yes, I think that's a very good idea.


But to my understanding, it would convert FILO from GPLv2 to GPLv3. Isn't
it?

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> //Peter
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Regards,
Himanshu.

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