From: Andreas Ericsson Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:57:40 GMT Subject: Re: re-licensing pkt-line.c code Message-ID: <48DBD114.80805@op5.se> In-Reply-To: Scott Chacon wrote: > Hey all, > > I am writing a partial implementation of git in Objective-C so I can > get a git server running on an iphone, and hopefully it could > eventually be used in a mac desktop app that could be distributed > without the git binary. If anyone is interested in the project, you > can get it here: > > http://github.com/schacon/objective-git > > There are about 20-25 lines of code from pkt-line.c that I think were > originally written back in 2005 that I would like to use so I don't > have to re-implement them. It is pretty generic - it is just the code > that converts an int into a 4 char hex and back that is placed at the > beginning of several of the network protocol lines. > > http://github.com/schacon/objective-git/tree/master/ObjGitServerHandler.m#L554 > > I have to relicense this, since I can't legally distribute my source > code for the iphone app due to Apples f**king NDA. I would like to > release my ObjectiveGit project under the MIT (or, alternately, LGPL). > Is Linus the right person to ask for this permission? What is the > best way to do so? Linus wrote nearly all of pkt-line.c, so yes, he'd be the right person to ask. If the lines you need were co-authored by someone else, you'll need to ask that co-author too. > I could come up with an alternate way to > accomplish the same thing, but it seems like a waste of time to do so, > and helpful to nobody. > Well, tracking down the original author(s) could turn out to be harder. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231