{"thread":{"id":"52298","subject":"Re: Reftable format implementation in C and Go","startedAt":"2019-11-20T11:49:11Z","lastAt":"2019-11-20T14:34:35Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["Johannes Schindelin","Han-Wen Nienhuys","Pratyush Yadav"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"386635","messageId":"nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1911201247410.15956@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet","threadId":"52298","inReplyTo":"CAFQ2z_Pe1Pdjy22VmCMzf4Gvx3wte1eQRn_PjSisJbr9_y7bbg@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Reftable format implementation in C and Go","fromName":"Johannes Schindelin","fromEmail":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","sentAt":"2019-11-20T11:48:46Z","receivedAt":"2019-11-20T11:49:11Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=4"},"body":"Hi Han-Wen,\n\nOn Tue, 19 Nov 2019, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:\n\n> I spent the last few weeks cobbling together an implementation of the\n> reftable format in C and in Go. I thought this would be cool to add to\n> git-core, but I doubt whether I will have enough time to see such an effort\n> through. Maybe some of you would want to  try integrating it into the\n> Git-core code base?  Example code is here:\n>\n>   https://github.com/google/reftable/blob/master/c/api.h#L153\n\nAwesome!\n\nWould you mind, however, to relicense the code under a license compatible\nwith GPLv2? Currently your code is under the Apache License (which I heard\nsomewhere is probably incompatible with the GPLv2 used by the Git\nproject):\nhttps://github.com/google/reftable/blob/6cd8dbb4106d18627f442d3148de71d7db43d4b6/c/api.h#L1-L13\n\nThanks,\nDscho\n\n>\n> cheers!\n> --\n> Han-Wen Nienhuys - Google Munich\n> *I work 80%. Don't expect answers from me on Fridays.*\n> --\n>\n> Google Germany GmbH, Erika-Mann-Strasse 33, 80636 Munich\n>\n> Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891\n>\n> Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg\n>\n> Geschäftsführer: Paul Manicle, Halimah DeLaine Prado\n>\n"},{"id":"386640","messageId":"CAFQ2z_PBPPQuJYA-mvKz532GikBXureOi1ePr7YdBRJbxOJCeA@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"52298","inReplyTo":"CAFQ2z_PiuFe=ZKNaZG3=2AqjcNRb-k5-CYSXeN6MQ0r5sv4S=g@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Reftable format implementation in C and Go","fromName":"Han-Wen Nienhuys","fromEmail":"hanwen@google.com","sentAt":"2019-11-20T14:22:10Z","receivedAt":"2019-11-20T14:22:28Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"hanwen@google.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/31547?v=4"},"body":"On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 6:19 AM Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com> wrote:\n>> Would you mind, however, to relicense the code under a license compatible\n>> with GPLv2? Currently your code is under the Apache License (which I heard\n>> somewhere is probably incompatible with the GPLv2 used by the Git\n>> project):\n>> https://github.com/google/reftable/blob/6cd8dbb4106d18627f442d3148de71d7db43d4b6/c/api.h#L1-L13\n>>\n\naccording to our open source lawyers, Apache is actually compatible\nwith GPLv2, but I think we could dual-license the code.\n\n\n-- \nHan-Wen Nienhuys - Google Munich\nI work 80%. Don't expect answers from me on Fridays.\n--\nGoogle Germany GmbH, Erika-Mann-Strasse 33, 80636 Munich\nRegistergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891\nSitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg\nGeschäftsführer: Paul Manicle, Halimah DeLaine Prado\n"},{"id":"386642","messageId":"20191120143428.u3rmuufhphbntgm5@yadavpratyush.com","threadId":"52298","inReplyTo":"CAFQ2z_PBPPQuJYA-mvKz532GikBXureOi1ePr7YdBRJbxOJCeA@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Reftable format implementation in C and Go","fromName":"Pratyush Yadav","fromEmail":"me@yadavpratyush.com","sentAt":"2019-11-20T14:34:28Z","receivedAt":"2019-11-20T14:34:35Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"me@yadavpratyush.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8817931?v=4"},"body":"On 20/11/19 06:22AM, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:\n> On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 6:19 AM Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com> wrote:\n> >> Would you mind, however, to relicense the code under a license compatible\n> >> with GPLv2? Currently your code is under the Apache License (which I heard\n> >> somewhere is probably incompatible with the GPLv2 used by the Git\n> >> project):\n> >> https://github.com/google/reftable/blob/6cd8dbb4106d18627f442d3148de71d7db43d4b6/c/api.h#L1-L13\n> >>\n> \n> according to our open source lawyers, Apache is actually compatible\n> with GPLv2, but I think we could dual-license the code.\n\nThe GNU website [0] says:\n\n  Apache License, Version 2.0\n\n    This is a free software license, compatible with version 3 of the GNU GPL.\n\n    Please note that this license is not compatible with GPL version 2, \n    because it has some requirements that are not in that GPL version. \n    These include certain patent termination and indemnification \n    provisions. The patent termination provision is a good thing, which \n    is why we recommend the Apache 2.0 license for substantial programs \n    over other lax permissive licenses.\n\n[0] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#apache2\n\n-- \nRegards,\nPratyush Yadav\n"}]}