Re: Licensing and the library version of git

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jul 27, 2006, 14:04 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0607271602060.29667@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <9e4733910607270554p5622ee20ida8c264cf3122500@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Jon Smirl wrote:

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> On 7/27/06, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Petr Baudis wrote:
> > 
> > > And I didn't even get to discussing whether LGPL is actually desirable
> > > for Git.
> > 
> > ... or whether it is neccessary for an Eclipse-plugin to something else
> > than GPL.
> 
> Eclipse is not licensed GPL.

We are talking about Eclipse _plugins_ here. Often (especially when the deciding people have $$ in their eyes), plugins have less restrictions (for example, WSAD would not be possible if _all_ extensions to Eclipse would have to be CPL).

Ciao, Dscho