From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Ericsson Subject: Re: git to libgit2 code relicensing Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:50:44 +0100 Message-ID: <49200914.6090506@op5.se> References: <491DE6CC.6060201@op5.se> <200811151615.42345.chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Git Mailing List To: Christian Couder X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Nov 16 12:52:10 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 1L1gAj-0003B2-1n for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:52:09 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751795AbYKPLux convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:50:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751777AbYKPLux (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:50:53 -0500 Received: from mail.op5.se ([193.201.96.20]:46827 "EHLO mail.op5.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751770AbYKPLuw (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:50:52 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAB591B80C10; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:45:32 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.499 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.499 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599, RDNS_NONE=0.1] 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 XhVA8mj9XSa2; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:45:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from clix.int.op5.se (unknown [172.27.78.6]) by mail.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA25A1B803D3; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:45:28 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080723) In-Reply-To: <200811151615.42345.chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Christian Couder wrote: > Hi Andreas, >=20 > Le vendredi 14 novembre 2008, Andreas Ericsson a =E9crit : >> I've been working quite a lot on git -> libgit2 code moving, >=20 > It would be nice if there was somewhere on the web where your work co= uld be=20 > seen. If there is already, could you send (or resend) the URL? This w= ay=20 > people might have look and perhaps even help you. (Though I don't pro= mise=20 > anything as I have already a lot of things on my TODO list.) Thanks i= n=20 > advance. >=20 When I was about to, I realized these licensing issues actually made it illegal to do so without getting the permissions from the involved auth= ors. Now that Linus and a lot of other core contributors have given their co= nsent, I'll be able to start re-ordering the commits so I can publish those pa= rts originating from consenting authors while holding off on those that I c= an't tell for sure are ok with it. Legal issues are no fun what so ever. >> but the licensing stuff is a bit depressing, as I can't know >> if the work I'm doing is for nothing or not. >> >> The license decided for libgit2 is "GPL with gcc exception". >> Those who are OK with relicensing their contributions under >> that license for the purpose of libgit2, can you please say >> so? >=20 > It's ok to relicense my git related work under the "GPL with gcc exce= ption"=20 > license. >=20 Thank you. With the current list of ok's 73.09% of the code in git.git seems to be relicenseable for the purpose of libgit2. That will provide quite a kickstart. --=20 Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231