-The following points clarify the QEMU licenses:
+The following points clarify the QEMU license:
-1) The QEMU virtual CPU core library (libqemu.a) and the QEMU PC
- system emulator are released under the GNU Lesser General Public
- License.
+1) QEMU as a whole is released under the GNU General Public License,
+version 2.
-2) The Linux user mode QEMU emulator is released under the GNU General
- Public License.
+2) Parts of QEMU have specific licenses which are compatible with the
+GNU General Public License, version 2. Hence each source file contains
+its own licensing information. Source files with no licensing information
+are released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or (at your
+option) any later version.
-3) The QEMU Accelerator Module is a proprietary product. It is
- available without charge. Commercial use of the QEMU Accelerator
- Module is allowed.
-
- Redistribution of the QEMU Accelerator Module: any person or
- organisation wishing to distribute it, for example on a CD or as a
- binary or source package, must have an explicit authorization from
- the author.
+As of July 2013, contributions under version 2 of the GNU General Public
+License (and no later version) are only accepted for the following files
+or directories: bsd-user/, linux-user/, hw/vfio/, hw/xen/xen_pt*.
- The QEMU Accelerator Module is available without any express or
- implied warranty. In no event will the author be held liable for
- any damages arising from the use of this software.
+3) The Tiny Code Generator (TCG) is released under the BSD license
+ (see license headers in files).
4) QEMU is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard.
-
-Fabrice Bellard.
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+Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU team
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