[coreboot] libpayload and LGPL code

[Kevin O'Connor]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 06:35:30AM +0530, Chauhan, Himanshu wrote:
> 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?

The virtio code in SeaBIOS was relicensed to LGPLv3 so that it could
be distributed with SeaBIOS.  I would reach out to the authors of that
virtio code to see if they are okay with a different license.

-Kevin