From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Miklos Vajna Subject: Re: git to libgit2 code relicensing Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:39:16 +0100 Message-ID: <20081115123916.GN24201@genesis.frugalware.org> References: <491DE6CC.6060201@op5.se> <20081114234658.GA2932@spearce.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2m6UJt/TMUvrz2Bv" Cc: Linus Torvalds , Andreas Ericsson , Git Mailing List To: "Shawn O. Pearce" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Nov 15 13:40:38 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1L1KS5-0006Ko-Ml for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:40:38 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752239AbYKOMjW (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:39:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751705AbYKOMjW (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:39:22 -0500 Received: from virgo.iok.hu ([193.202.89.103]:49870 "EHLO virgo.iok.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751840AbYKOMjV (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:39:21 -0500 Received: from kag.elte.hu (kag.elte.hu [157.181.177.1]) by virgo.iok.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6079580C4; Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:39:18 +0100 (CET) Received: from genesis.frugalware.org (frugalware.elte.hu [157.181.177.34]) by kag.elte.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 863E444698; Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:39:16 +0100 (CET) Received: by genesis.frugalware.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 32F9D119019E; Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:39:16 +0100 (CET) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081114234658.GA2932@spearce.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: --2m6UJt/TMUvrz2Bv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 03:46:58PM -0800, "Shawn O. Pearce" wrote: > Note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as this project > is concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (ie v2, not > v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated. >=20 > In addition to the permissions in the GNU General Public License, > the authors give you unlimited permission to link the compiled > version of this file into combinations with other programs, > and to distribute those combinations without any restriction > coming from the use of this file. (The General Public License > restrictions do apply in other respects; for example, they cover > modification of the file, and distribution when not linked into > a combined executable.) IANAL - what is the difference between this and the LGPL? Thanks. --2m6UJt/TMUvrz2Bv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkkewvQACgkQe81tAgORUJZTJwCggkCTRfeKE5IsypYeuJ8hVq/A 8zoAoJ3JUW2rMUDvkSgFpdgISZHoNd6F =aFHw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2m6UJt/TMUvrz2Bv--