From: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:36:07 GMT
Subject: Re: permission to re-license strbuf subsystem as LGPL
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On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 15:01, Brandon Casey <drafnel@gmail.com> wrote:

> Jonathan Nieder suggested using a more permissive license than LGPL.
> BSD seems to have the most support.  If the remaining contributors
> agree, then I'm fine with licensing under BSD.

BSD is more permissive for only the upstream; the downstream
('end-users') get nothing.

In fact, the downstream may ultimately get a license that is more
restrictive on further developments---possibly even restrictions that
might hinder the development of your own upstream work should you find
yourself in some sort of downstream position relative to a fork.