From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Ericsson Subject: Re: re-licensing pkt-line.c code Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:57:40 +0200 Message-ID: <48DBD114.80805@op5.se> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git list To: Scott Chacon X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Sep 25 19:58:55 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1Kiv77-0007ZE-1c for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:58:53 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752782AbYIYR5o (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:57:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752892AbYIYR5o (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:57:44 -0400 Received: from mail.op5.se ([193.201.96.20]:45591 "EHLO mail.op5.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752382AbYIYR5n (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:57:43 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6743624B0051; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:48:29 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -4.074 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.074 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, AWL=0.325, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from mail.op5.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.op5.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id BBvPvMv+qpsl; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:48:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from clix.int.op5.se (unknown [192.168.1.20]) by mail.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5D2124B0042; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:48:27 +0200 (CEST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080723) In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Scott Chacon wrote: > Hey all, > > I am writing a partial implementation of git in Objective-C so I can > get a git server running on an iphone, and hopefully it could > eventually be used in a mac desktop app that could be distributed > without the git binary. If anyone is interested in the project, you > can get it here: > > http://github.com/schacon/objective-git > > There are about 20-25 lines of code from pkt-line.c that I think were > originally written back in 2005 that I would like to use so I don't > have to re-implement them. It is pretty generic - it is just the code > that converts an int into a 4 char hex and back that is placed at the > beginning of several of the network protocol lines. > > http://github.com/schacon/objective-git/tree/master/ObjGitServerHandler.m#L554 > > I have to relicense this, since I can't legally distribute my source > code for the iphone app due to Apples f**king NDA. I would like to > release my ObjectiveGit project under the MIT (or, alternately, LGPL). > Is Linus the right person to ask for this permission? What is the > best way to do so? Linus wrote nearly all of pkt-line.c, so yes, he'd be the right person to ask. If the lines you need were co-authored by someone else, you'll need to ask that co-author too. > I could come up with an alternate way to > accomplish the same thing, but it seems like a waste of time to do so, > and helpful to nobody. > Well, tracking down the original author(s) could turn out to be harder. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231