Re: git to libgit2 code relicensing

["Pau Garcia i Quiles" <pgquiles@elpauer.org>]

> Shawn posted the exact text. The spirit of that license is that anyone can
> use an unmodified version of the library for whatever they want, but it's
> illegal to link non-GPL software to an altered version of the library. That
> is, the git community will get all changes back while other projects can
> use the official version of the library without having to worry about
> licensing issues. EvilCompany cannot make changes to the library and then
> link non-GPL'd software to their changed version. They can do that if they
> send their library changes upstream and then only use them once they're
> considered "official" though.

Do you mean if I write a patch to libgit2, send it upstream and make
it public on my website but it is not accepted upstream, I cannot link
my modified libgit2 version (i. e. libgit2 + my patch) to my non-GPL
software? It looks insane to me: I wrote the patch and made it public
but you guys did not accept it!

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Pau Garcia i Quiles
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