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Re: Licensing and the library version of git

From
Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Jul 27, 2006, 01:40 UTC
Message-ID
<20060727014040.GA32742@spearce.org>
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<9e4733910607261436v4c0802e5v7301e904593f9bab@mail.gmail.com>
Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can the library version of git be licensed LGPL instead of GPL? If it
> is GPL then it can't be linked into non-GPL projects like Eclipse.
True.  But I have a pure-Java implementation of portions of GIT:
	- pack file reader, including delta decompression;
	- loose object reader (sans new pack header format);
	- loose object writer (blobs, trees, commits, no tags);
	- ref reader/basic resolver;
	- ref writer;
	- new repository creation;
	- tree and commit parsing;
	- n-way tree structure diff (no blob content diff);
and Eclipse UI for:
	- resource decorator showing object state;
	- rename tracking (well, automatic delete then add);
	- add file/folder to repository;
	- delete file/folder from repository;
	- save workspace state to a tree;
	- periodically flush modified files into blobs;

but I need UI still for creating a commit. I'd like to get that code finished this week and get the repository posted on the web for others to start messing around with if they are interested. This project has just been slow going for me as I'm working looooong hours at my day job. :-)

-- 
Shawn.
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  1. Jon SmirlJul 26, 2006
  2. Shawn PearceJul 27, 2006
  3. Petr BaudisJul 27, 2006
  4. Johannes SchindelinJul 27, 2006
  5. Jon SmirlJul 27, 2006
  6. Petr BaudisJul 27, 2006
  7. Jon SmirlJul 27, 2006
  8. Johannes SchindelinJul 27, 2006
  9. Linus TorvaldsJul 27, 2006
  10. Linus TorvaldsJul 27, 2006
  11. Jakub NarebskiJul 27, 2006
  12. Jon SmirlJul 27, 2006
  13. Anand KumriaJul 28, 2006
  14. Grzegorz KulewskiJul 27, 2006
  15. Linus TorvaldsJul 27, 2006
  16. Daniel BarkalowJul 27, 2006
  17. Johannes SchindelinJul 27, 2006
  18. David LangJul 27, 2006
  19. Linus TorvaldsJul 27, 2006
  20. David LangJul 27, 2006
  21. Johannes SchindelinJul 27, 2006
  22. Anand KumriaJul 28, 2006
  23. Jon SmirlJul 28, 2006
  24. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2006
  25. Johannes SchindelinJul 27, 2006
  26. Petr BaudisJul 27, 2006
  27. Petr BaudisJul 27, 2006
  28. Linus TorvaldsJul 27, 2006
  29. Wolfgang DenkJul 27, 2006
  30. Johannes SchindelinJul 27, 2006
  31. Petr BaudisJul 27, 2006
  32. Johannes SchindelinJul 27, 2006
  33. Wolfgang DenkJul 27, 2006
  34. Johannes SchindelinJul 27, 2006
  35. Linus TorvaldsJul 27, 2006
  36. Johannes SchindelinJul 27, 2006
  37. Shawn PearceJul 28, 2006
  38. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2006
  39. Shawn PearceJul 29, 2006
  40. Jon SmirlJul 29, 2006
  41. Johannes SchindelinJul 29, 2006

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