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RE: any way to re-release git's block sha1 implementation under a different license?

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PUPyeron, Jason J CTR (US) <jason.j.pyeron.ctr@mail.mil>
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Dec 7, 2012, 14:39 UTC
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Liu Liu
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 2:52 AM
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am reaching out because in my personal project (
> https://github.com/liuliu/ccv
> ), I used the block sha1 implementation (
> https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/block-sha1/sha1.c) in git. It is
> a
> fast, generalized and standalone implementation, however, since it is a
> part of git, it is under GPL license. Is there any possibilities for
> the
> original author/authors to release this particular piece of code under
> BSD
> / MIT or Apache license? Thanks!
Worse comes to worse, use the Mozilla code it was based on. Assumption is that the original code was under the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Public_License
-Jason
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  1. Liu LiuDec 7, 2012
  2. Pyeron, Jason J CTR (US)Dec 7, 2012

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