Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH] Emulator/X86EmulatorDxe: Replace with MultiArchUefiPkg build

["Pedro Falcato" <pedro.falcato@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 11:29 AM Rebecca Cran via groups.io
<rebecca=os.amperecomputing.com@groups.io> wrote:
>
> On 10/22/2024 2:48 AM, Chao Li wrote:
>
> > I see the final licence in non-osi is GPL2.0, so it that allowed for
> > some people build the EmulatorDxe.efi into their FW and release it?
>
> I believe it is allowed because tools like Fiano allow you to remove
> drivers such as EmulatorDxe from the firmware image.

I don't understand what you mean? nor do I understand the question.

Mandatory IANAL.

You can build whatever GPL-violating contraption as long as you don't
distribute it. If you do, you need to comply with the terms of the
license.
FWIW, GNU seems to think merely including this module would be a GPL
violation (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#MereAggregation,
see the mention of running together in a shared address space), and
thus all your firmware would potentially need to be distributed under
the GPL's terms.

Ard's old version seems to only be LGPL and thus you'd only need to
comply with the LGPL's terms for that specific module (there's no
"virality").

-- 
Pedro


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