{"thread":{"id":"28465","subject":"permission to re-license archive-zip.c and zlib.c as LGPL","startedAt":"2011-09-23T03:51:14Z","lastAt":"2011-09-23T16:34:50Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Brandon Casey","René Scharfe"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"176039","messageId":"CA+sFfMdzMCJut385jCJ88Z8sUw3E2Bs2A1SiECORQsFJjsb=Qg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"28465","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"permission to re-license archive-zip.c and zlib.c as LGPL","fromName":"Brandon Casey","fromEmail":"drafnel@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-09-23T03:51:14Z","receivedAt":"2011-09-23T03:51:14Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"drafnel@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/921167?v=4"},"body":"To those who have contributed to archive-zip.c and zlib.c,\n\nI'd like to make a library for writing zip files.  I really don't see\nanother library out there that does it as easily as archive-zip.  So,\nwith your consent, I'd like to re-license the code in archive-zip.c\nand zlib.c as LGPL so that I can create an archive-zip library.  The\nreason for LGPL, of course, is so that it can be linked with non-GPL\ncode.\n\nPlease offer your consent to re-license your contributions under LGPL\nby replying to this email.\n\nAll comments welcome.\n\nThanks,\n-Brandon\n"},{"id":"176073","messageId":"4E7CB52A.2090600@lsrfire.ath.cx","threadId":"28465","inReplyTo":"CA+sFfMdzMCJut385jCJ88Z8sUw3E2Bs2A1SiECORQsFJjsb=Qg@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: permission to re-license archive-zip.c and zlib.c as LGPL","fromName":"René Scharfe","fromEmail":"rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx","sentAt":"2011-09-23T16:34:50Z","receivedAt":"2011-09-23T16:34:50Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"l.s.r@web.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/26122331?v=4"},"body":"Am 23.09.2011 05:51, schrieb Brandon Casey:\n> To those who have contributed to archive-zip.c and zlib.c,\n> \n> I'd like to make a library for writing zip files.  I really don't see\n> another library out there that does it as easily as archive-zip.  So,\n> with your consent, I'd like to re-license the code in archive-zip.c\n> and zlib.c as LGPL so that I can create an archive-zip library.  The\n> reason for LGPL, of course, is so that it can be linked with non-GPL\n> code.\n> \n> Please offer your consent to re-license your contributions under LGPL\n> by replying to this email.\n\nFine with me; BSD or MIT style licenses would be OK as well.\n\nActually I'm a bit surprised that libarchive didn't grow ZIP write\nsupport by now.\n\nRené\n"}]}