{"thread":{"id":"32283","subject":"any way to re-release git's block sha1 implementation under a different license?","startedAt":"2012-12-07T07:51:49Z","lastAt":"2012-12-07T14:39:29Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Liu Liu","Pyeron, Jason J CTR (US)"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"204568","messageId":"CAFBatg3AcjOjQqKJrRe_fkva8OD=F=5aS7kczF3e1ePw_KcJng@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"32283","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"any way to re-release git's block sha1 implementation under a different license?","fromName":"Liu Liu","fromEmail":"i@liuliu.me","sentAt":"2012-12-07T07:51:49Z","receivedAt":"2012-12-07T07:51:49Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"i@liuliu.me","avatar":null},"body":"Hi,\n\nI am reaching out because in my personal project (\nhttps://github.com/liuliu/ccv\n), I used the block sha1 implementation (\nhttps://github.com/git/git/blob/master/block-sha1/sha1.c) in git. It is a\nfast, generalized and standalone implementation, however, since it is a\npart of git, it is under GPL license. Is there any possibilities for the\noriginal author/authors to release this particular piece of code under BSD\n/ MIT or Apache license? Thanks!\n\n---\nLiu Liu\nhttp://liuliu.me\nhttp://facebook.com/liu.ll\n"},{"id":"204574","messageId":"871B6C10EBEFE342A772D1159D13208537AFA06D@umechphj.easf.csd.disa.mil","threadId":"32283","inReplyTo":"CAFBatg3AcjOjQqKJrRe_fkva8OD=F=5aS7kczF3e1ePw_KcJng@mail.gmail.com","subject":"RE: any way to re-release git's block sha1 implementation under a different license?","fromName":"Pyeron, Jason J CTR (US)","fromEmail":"jason.j.pyeron.ctr@mail.mil","sentAt":"2012-12-07T14:39:29Z","receivedAt":"2012-12-07T14:39:29Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jason.j.pyeron.ctr@mail.mil","avatar":null},"body":"> -----Original Message-----\n> From: Liu Liu\n> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 2:52 AM\n> \n> Hi,\n> \n> I am reaching out because in my personal project (\n> https://github.com/liuliu/ccv\n> ), I used the block sha1 implementation (\n> https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/block-sha1/sha1.c) in git. It is\n> a\n> fast, generalized and standalone implementation, however, since it is a\n> part of git, it is under GPL license. Is there any possibilities for\n> the\n> original author/authors to release this particular piece of code under\n> BSD\n> / MIT or Apache license? Thanks!\n\n\nWorse comes to worse, use the Mozilla code it was based on. Assumption is that the original code was under the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Public_License\n\n-Jason\n\n\n"}]}