From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Pitre Subject: Re: [PATCH] block-sha1: Use mozilla-sha1 copyright and license information Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:45:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <20090824120756.GA17146@ulrik-ibook> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Ulrik Sverdrup X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Aug 24 15:45:38 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 1MfZrb-0001lg-MC for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:45:36 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752538AbZHXNpZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:45:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752530AbZHXNpZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:45:25 -0400 Received: from relais.videotron.ca ([24.201.245.36]:48696 "EHLO relais.videotron.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752498AbZHXNpY (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:45:24 -0400 Received: from xanadu.home ([66.130.28.92]) by VL-MO-MR004.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-4.01 (built Aug 3 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0KOV004UBVJALGB0@VL-MO-MR004.ip.videotron.ca> for git@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:45:10 -0400 (EDT) X-X-Sender: nico@xanadu.home In-reply-to: <20090824120756.GA17146@ulrik-ibook> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Mon, 24 Aug 2009, Ulrik Sverdrup wrote: > block-sha1 needs an independent copyright and license header, in the > case that the original mozilla SHA-1 implementation is removed from > the tree. 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 think copying that Mozilla License block verbatim is appropriate. As 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. No definitive conclusion emerged so far though. Therefore I don't think this patch is appropriate. Nicolas