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Re: git to libgit2 code relicensing

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PQPau Garcia i Quiles <pgquiles@elpauer.org>
Date
Nov 15, 2008, 10:28 UTC
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> Shawn posted the exact text. The spirit of that license is that anyone can
> use an unmodified version of the library for whatever they want, but it's
> illegal to link non-GPL software to an altered version of the library. That
> is, the git community will get all changes back while other projects can
> use the official version of the library without having to worry about
> licensing issues. EvilCompany cannot make changes to the library and then
> link non-GPL'd software to their changed version. They can do that if they
> send their library changes upstream and then only use them once they're
> considered "official" though.

Do you mean if I write a patch to libgit2, send it upstream and make it public on my website but it is not accepted upstream, I cannot link my modified libgit2 version (i. e. libgit2 + my patch) to my non-GPL software? It looks insane to me: I wrote the patch and made it public but you guys did not accept it!

-- Pau Garcia i Quiles http://www.elpauer.org (Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer)

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  1. Andreas EricssonNov 14, 2008
  2. Martin KoeglerNov 14, 2008
  3. Sverre RabbelierNov 14, 2008
  4. Andreas EricssonNov 14, 2008
  5. Andreas EricssonNov 14, 2008
  6. Martin KoeglerNov 15, 2008
  7. Linus TorvaldsNov 14, 2008
  8. Shawn O. PearceNov 14, 2008
  9. David BrownNov 15, 2008
  10. Shawn O. PearceNov 15, 2008
  11. Nicolas PitreNov 15, 2008
  12. David BrownNov 15, 2008
  13. Miklos VajnaNov 15, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoNov 15, 2008
  15. Miklos VajnaNov 15, 2008
  16. Pierre HabouzitNov 15, 2008
  17. David BrownNov 15, 2008
  18. Linus TorvaldsNov 15, 2008
  19. Andreas EricssonNov 15, 2008
  20. Pau Garcia i QuilesNov 15, 2008
  21. Andreas EricssonNov 15, 2008
  22. Pau Garcia i QuilesNov 15, 2008
  23. Andreas EricssonNov 15, 2008
  24. David BrownNov 15, 2008
  25. Daniel BarkalowNov 16, 2008
  26. René ScharfeNov 20, 2008
  27. Kristian HøgsbergNov 25, 2008
  28. Andreas EricssonNov 16, 2008
  29. Johannes SchindelinNov 16, 2008
  30. Sverre RabbelierNov 16, 2008
  31. Andreas EricssonNov 17, 2008
  32. Shawn O. PearceNov 17, 2008
  33. Andreas EricssonNov 17, 2008

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