From: Michal Sojka Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:19:00 GMT Subject: Re: Using test-lib.sh under GPLv3? Message-ID: <87tytdiqob.fsf@steelpick.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <7vaav8hpfo.fsf-s2KvWo2KEQL18tm6hw+yZpy9Z0UEorGK@public.gmane.org> Dear Pierre, Johannes (2x) and Sverre, as you can read bellow, I'd like to use git's test-lib.sh in a GPLv3 project. Do you mind if I use your work in that file under GPLv3? Thanks Michal On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:39:28 +0100, Michal Sojka wrote: > Dear Junio, > > I like the simple and powerful test suite used by Git and I would like > to use something like that in Notmuch project (http://notmuchmail.org/). > Notmuch is licenced under GPLv3 and we think that things will be simpler > if everything in the repository is licenced the same. You are mentioned > as a copyright holder in test-lib.sh and t0000-basic.sh so I'd like to > ask you: Would you mind using parts of these files under GPLv3? > > You can see the patches for how I'd like to use these files at > http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2010/thread.html#1431 On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:54:19 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > I don't mind for the parts I wrote, which is the basic infrastructure > (output redirection, skipping certain tests, expecting failure, etc). > My blessing would be enough to relicense it if you are are going to take > the file from some old version like 04ece59 (GIT_SKIP_TESTS: allow users > to omit tests that are known to break, 2006-12-28) and base your work on > it, but otherwise it would not be nearly sufficient. > > Other people worked on polishing it over time and they all hold copyright > on their parts. Notable parts that are not mine and that are not git > specific are: > > - color output support is mostly by Pierre Habouzit > - valgrind support: Johannes Schindelin > - conditional test: Johannes Sixt > - summarizing the results: Sverre Rabbelier