From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ulrik Sverdrup Subject: Re: [PATCH] block-sha1: Use mozilla-sha1 copyright and license information Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:52:29 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20090824120756.GA17146@ulrik-ibook> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Nicolas Pitre X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Aug 24 15:52:45 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MfZyU-0004Ow-QA for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:52:43 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752558AbZHXNwd convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:52:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752545AbZHXNwc (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:52:32 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f207.google.com ([209.85.219.207]:48548 "EHLO mail-ew0-f207.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752537AbZHXNwc convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:52:32 -0400 Received: by ewy3 with SMTP id 3so2393855ewy.18 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:52:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=BsY4ERZN5QivsFMoexLyo4mZoyvFZ/FN4SSb++uCFz8=; b=DxDsHt/erLa+fCerL6GEW/6D8/st8U56A5e4bPrqAYVOkCIgLcE4ggkJMSlfRxxGS6 z1GaMW65YIAtCrwSlzQteTkFKrVejVsSJr1zDAwHVRmSmjiJ45csed5evRm53Brly3Ch DjiX5zZzxpNhZ579+ZUpIOT7iOb8zJc/Xqx+0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=pCrDYhw+4oMJGWaB/Y0d5lwIAoio8P3cuVrvl+hRhQgEmi8Azx2n/FO7pCrl8yq/MW vMqxR36tK2CKm/UWtMb57W62FVxAozV2guHw9hBoF5vR6mifQVFVn4W2zitw2iPCb/g1 cBPNvxgI3A7o2aIUoV6/2egbi4A57YDSowXXo= Received: by 10.216.70.134 with SMTP id p6mr1028108wed.40.1251121949873; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:52:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 2009/8/24 Nicolas Pitre : > > The Mozilla SHA1 is already removed from the tree in "next", and > block-sha1/sha1.c header modified accordingly. > > As there is nothing remaining from the Mozilla SHA1 code, I don't thi= nk > copying that Mozilla License block verbatim is appropriate. =C2=A0As = Linus > has put it himself, the Mozilla SHA1 code was more inspirational than > anything else. > > And even if some license claim could be made, the MPL section was > deleted anyway (as explicitly allowed), meaning that only the GPL (by > vertu of being included in a GPL project) would then apply. > > A question was recently sent to all contributors (see the mail > archive) to determine if they > would agree > to a relicensing of that code to make wider license compatibility. > George Spelvin even rewrote that code as well with the goal of > putting his version in the public domain. =C2=A0No definitive conclus= ion > emerged so far though. > > Therefore I don't think this patch is appropriate. Agreed. I just didn't look into next. Ulrik