From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Haggerty Subject: Re: [git-multimail] License unknown (#1) Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:10:26 +0100 Message-ID: <511B82B2.8030803@alum.mit.edu> References: <5105778A.1040401@alum.mit.edu> <201302121528.07961.andyparkins@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git discussion list , Michiel Holtkamp , mhagger/git-multimail To: Andy Parkins X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Feb 13 13:10:59 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1U5bAu-00052G-64 for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:10:56 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755499Ab3BMMKc (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:10:32 -0500 Received: from ALUM-MAILSEC-SCANNER-2.MIT.EDU ([18.7.68.13]:59183 "EHLO alum-mailsec-scanner-2.mit.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754658Ab3BMMKb (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:10:31 -0500 X-AuditID: 1207440d-b7f306d0000008b7-4a-511b82b6a536 Received: from outgoing-alum.mit.edu (OUTGOING-ALUM.MIT.EDU [18.7.68.33]) by alum-mailsec-scanner-2.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id CC.64.02231.6B28B115; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:10:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.101.152] (ssh.berlin.jpk.com [212.222.128.135]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as mhagger@ALUM.MIT.EDU) by outgoing-alum.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.12.4) with ESMTP id r1DCAStw022710 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:10:29 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130106 Thunderbird/17.0.2 In-Reply-To: <201302121528.07961.andyparkins@gmail.com> X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFlrNKsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixO6iqLutSTrQ4Fe7mcXxp9dZLLqudDNZ dC4qtpiwaBmjA4vHwlnPWTx2zrrL7tE4dyGrx+dNcgEsUdw2SYklZcGZ6Xn6dgncGRdvT2Mt aBWouN2xgL2B8TFPFyMnh4SAicTvqyeYIGwxiQv31rN1MXJxCAlcZpSYs+8XO4RznEliQUcT M0gVr4C2xN/XV9lAbBYBVYm3U96xgthsAroSi3qawSaJCoRJ9L4+xwhRLyhxcuYTFhBbREBD 4lXbTrANzALXGSVe3j8ItIGDQ1jAUKL1lDbEsu2MEuc2/mcFiXMKmEu8nJsIYjILqEusnycE MoZZQF5i+9s5zBMYBWYh2TALoWoWkqoFjMyrGOUSc0pzdXMTM3OKU5N1i5MT8/JSi3SN9HIz S/RSU0o3MUKCmXcH4/91MocYBTgYlXh4Z4dJBQqxJpYVV+YeYpTkYFIS5d3bIB0oxJeUn1KZ kVicEV9UmpNafIhRgoNZSYTX0R8ox5uSWFmVWpQPk5LmYFES51Vbou4nJJCeWJKanZpakFoE k5Xh4FCS4O1tBGoULEpNT61Iy8wpQUgzcXCCDOeSEilOzUtJLUosLcmIB8VpfDEwUkFSPEB7 O0DaeYsLEnOBohCtpxiNOWb8aH/OyLH9N5AUYsnLz0uVEuetACkVACnNKM2DWwRLY68YxYH+ FuadDFLFA0yBcPNeAa1iAlrFuFYKZFVJIkJKqoFxAsu5svQFN6TMFuS4Nj3U7GiN0nRYV5bX yjfXfmlxf1PhiyVsu1UcPz2RalThcFGZNLc1mG/iv8PV2ZKch75LnL+0WLPdl/1J Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On 02/12/2013 04:28 PM, Andy Parkins wrote: > On Sunday 27 January 2013 18:52:58 Michael Haggerty wrote: >> I have a question about the license of contrib/hooks/post-commit-email. >> [...] > > Keeping up with the git mailing list got a bit much, [...] Very understandable :-) > My apologies to everyone; I've been lax supporting the script -- I never > really expected it to be as widely used as it has been, I was always expecting > someone would come along and replace it so I'm pleased that Michael has done > so (although it's a little disheartening to read of it being called "hacky", > when I tried very hard to make it as clear and modular as I could). FWIW I think the script was quite well-structured (within the limitations of shell scripting anyway) and I had no problem understanding it and translating it to Python. >> If somebody can explain what license the code is under and how they come >> to that conclusion, I would be very grateful. >> >> And if Andy Parkins (the original author) is listening, please indicate >> whether you had any intent *other* than GPLv2. > > I intended it to be under the same license as Git. I had read in one of the > patch submission files (which I can't seem to find now) that all submissions > were considered part of git. Thanks. Given that you submitted the original version under GPLv2, and later contributors certainly had no reason to assume any *other* license, I think any reasonable person will be satisfied that the whole script in its current form is under GPLv2. > If an explicit declaration is needed, I am happy to give it. Let me know what > form this should take and I'll supply it. Personally, I am satisfied by your email statement. I will leave the derived work, git-multimail, also under GPLv2. Assuming that git-multimail supersedes yours, its explicit choice of license will make the situation clear for future users. Thanks! Michael -- Michael Haggerty mhagger@alum.mit.edu http://softwareswirl.blogspot.com/