Re: Can I use CRoaring library in Git?

From: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
Date: Jul 21, 2022, 12:14 UTC
Message-ID: <304fd857-db62-7a1a-a9a9-cbfa93c2a00c@github.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq7d47m1t2.fsf@gitster.g>

On 7/21/2022 2:12 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Abhradeep Chakraborty <chakrabortyabhradeep79@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 7:20 PM Abhradeep Chakraborty
>> <chakrabortyabhradeep79@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I need the CRoaring[1] library to use roaring bitmaps. But it has
>>> Apache license v2 which is not compatible with GPLv2[2].
>>
>> I have reached out to Daniel and he agreed to make CRoaring
>> dual-licensed under MIT and Apachev2[1].
>> Now, I can use CRoaring, right?
>>
>> [1] https://groups.google.com/g/roaring-bitmaps/c/0d7KoA79k3A
>>
>> Thanks :)
> 
> Nice.

Great news! Thanks for reaching out. I'm pleasantly surprised at the turnaround. Good luck integrating it into the Git codebase!

-Stolee