[CentOS-virt] p2v conversion questions

[Sven Kieske]

And here is the link:
https://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/

Am 12.05.2014 12:58, schrieb Itamar Heim:
> On 05/06/2014 10:52 AM, Sven Kieske wrote:
>> Quickly scanning some of the files I found some GPLed
>> and some under a weird IBM license (which allows redistribution).
>>
>> I didn't find anything which does not permit redistribution.
>> Maybe you can point me in the right direction?
>>
>> CC'ing Itamar who can maybe give some insight into virtio-win
>> licenses.
>>
> 
> I don't remember the specifics on this one, but the virtio-win drivers
> (available on alt.fedoraproject.org) can be freely redistributed.
> 
>> Am 06.05.2014 14:56, schrieb me at tdiehl.org:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Mon, 5 May 2014, Sven Kieske wrote:
>>>
>>>> Am 03.05.2014 22:32, schrieb SilverTip257:
>>>>> Per the RH docs, a RHN subscription is necessary for the virtio-win
>>>>> package.
>>>>
>>>> well the ovirt-project[1]
>>>> will provide this package "soon" (tm).
>>>>
>>>> meanwhile you could try the following:
>>>> (this is a quote from the ovirt-users ML)
>>>>
>>>>> download the src rpm from
>>>>> http://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/RHOS/SRPMS/
>>>>> build the rpm
>>>>> rpmbuild --rebuild virtio-win-1.6.8-4.el6.src.rpm
>>>>> install the rpm
>>>>> rpm -Uhv  ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/virtio-win-1.6.8-4.el6.noarch.rpm
>>>>
>>>> I didn't test it myself, so I don't know if it really works, but
>>>> "it should" (ymmv).
>>>
>>> That is what I was looking for. I never thought to look there. Thank
>>> you.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://www.ovirt.org
>>>>
>>>> PS: ovirt is the upstream project of red hat enterprise virtualization
>>>> it would be cool to see some integration work with the centos virt sig!
>>>
>>> I agree that would be nice but as I read the license, it cannot be
>>> redistributed. Obviously, Red Hat can do as they wish, since it is
>>> already
>>> on the ovirt site. I wonder if they will extend that to CentOS?
>>>
>>> OTOH, it is trivial to build the rpm, so I am not sure it is worth
>>> putting
>>> lot of effort into it. The hard part was finding the src.rpm and that
>>> was only
>>> hard because I was looking in the wrong place.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>
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