From: Nicolas Pitre Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:49:51 GMT Subject: Re: libgit2 - a true git library Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20081101013815.GF29036@artemis.corp> On Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 01:33:51AM +0000, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > OTOH they would certainly come out clean if the license was BSD since > > the spirit of that license explicitly allows closing up the whole > > library and adding extra features. > > I think it's pretty clear most contributor from git.git would be driven > away if the license isn't GPLish. So I was basing my answer on a > supposition it would be. Sure. My point is the difference in guiltiness. Even if a LGPL license doesn't prevent all abuses, it at least allows for public denunciations at the very least. Nicolas