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Re: [git-multimail] smtplib, check certificate

From
Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date
Apr 22, 2016, 06:41 UTC
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<5719C7A0.50403@alum.mit.edu>
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<vpqoa92rxew.fsf@anie.imag.fr>
On 04/22/2016 08:05 AM, Matthieu Moy wrote:
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> Simon P <simon.git@le-huit.fr> writes:
> > This patch is inspired from
> > 
> > https://github.com/graingert/secure-smtplib/blob/master/src/secure_smtplib/__init__.py
> 
> Please, add your sign-off and a proper commit message to your patch,
> see:
> 
> https://github.com/git-multimail/git-multimail/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst

I hate that we even have to worry about this stuff, but graingert/secure-smtplib looks to be GPLv3, whereas git-multimail is GPLv2 (like the Git project and Linux); *not* "GPLv2 or later". So if "inspired" means "incorporated copyrightable content" then this patch might be problematic.

Michael
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  2. Matthieu MoyApr 22, 2016
  3. Michael HaggertyApr 22, 2016
  4. Simon PontiéApr 24, 2016
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