[OpenBIOS] usb driver to support usb keyboard

[Programmingkid]

On May 4, 2014, at 6:15 PM, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:

> On 02/05/14 14:47, Programmingkid wrote:
> 
>> Thank you for trying to improve the Power Macintosh emulator. I wanted to open the file you provided in the link, but I can't open a xz file. Could you provide a zip file?
>> 
>> I think I found a way to use the GPLv3 code. According to the licensing section at the openfirmware.info site, the license applied to OpenBIOS is GPLv2 or later. Here is my source: http://www.openfirmware.info/About:License
>> 
>> Here is the the quote from that page:
>> 
>> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>> modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
>> as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
>> of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>> 
>> This means we can use the GPLv3 licensed code since it applies to the "any later version" clause. If the Grub or SeaBIOS code is good, feel free to use it.
> 
> IANAL but my understanding would be that if we distributed GPLv3 code in this manner then we'd effectively be "upgrading" OpenBIOS from GPLv2 to GPLv3. I'm worried that if we did that then it would affect how images are distributed with QEMU, packaging etc.

I think we are ok. We will stay with GPLv2 because the "Or later" clause allows us to use GPLv3. I'm thinking using the LGPL license might be better. It is a lot less restrictive, allowing others to use OpenBIOS with their own projects more freely.