Re: [ANNOUNCE] Java Git (aka jgit) has switched to 3-clause BSD

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

On Mon, 26 May 2008, Vegard Nossum wrote:

> On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 6:46 AM, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
> > As of 53a2cc3 the jgit library (a 100% pure Java implementation
> > of git) is now licensed under a 3-clause (new-style) BSD license.
> > The change was done with a Perl script to rewrite all source code
> > headers within the org.spearce.jgit package.  Copyright information
> > was updated based upon the output of git-blame.
> 
> I previously read about this transition from GPL to BSD.
> 
> IANAL, but isn't the current version a derivative of the older
> version, meaning that you need to take all authors into account when
> doing this switch, and not just the authors of the _current_ code?
> 
> (Or did you get a consent from all previous authors as well as current 
> authors?)

He did.  That is what is written in the thread that Shawn explicitely 
stated in the part that you did _not_ quote.

I also have to wonder why you chose a total technical non-issue, that does 
not really concern you (because you are noone of said authors), for your 
first post (at least that I am aware of) to this list.

Ciao,
Dscho