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Re: git to libgit2 code relicensing

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Nov 14, 2008, 23:13 UTC
Message-ID
<alpine.LFD.2.00.0811141512480.3468@nehalem.linux-foundation.org>
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<491DE6CC.6060201@op5.se>
On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
> 
> The license decided for libgit2 is "GPL with gcc exception".
What's the exact language?

I'm likely ok with GPLv2 + libgcc-like exception, but I'd like to see the exact one. I haven't followed the discussions much..

		Linus
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  1. Andreas EricssonNov 14, 2008
  2. Martin KoeglerNov 14, 2008
  3. Sverre RabbelierNov 14, 2008
  4. Andreas EricssonNov 14, 2008
  5. Andreas EricssonNov 14, 2008
  6. Martin KoeglerNov 15, 2008
  7. Linus TorvaldsNov 14, 2008
  8. Shawn O. PearceNov 14, 2008
  9. David BrownNov 15, 2008
  10. Shawn O. PearceNov 15, 2008
  11. Nicolas PitreNov 15, 2008
  12. David BrownNov 15, 2008
  13. Miklos VajnaNov 15, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoNov 15, 2008
  15. Miklos VajnaNov 15, 2008
  16. Pierre HabouzitNov 15, 2008
  17. David BrownNov 15, 2008
  18. Linus TorvaldsNov 15, 2008
  19. Andreas EricssonNov 15, 2008
  20. Pau Garcia i QuilesNov 15, 2008
  21. Andreas EricssonNov 15, 2008
  22. Pau Garcia i QuilesNov 15, 2008
  23. Andreas EricssonNov 15, 2008
  24. David BrownNov 15, 2008
  25. Daniel BarkalowNov 16, 2008
  26. René ScharfeNov 20, 2008
  27. Kristian HøgsbergNov 25, 2008
  28. Andreas EricssonNov 16, 2008
  29. Johannes SchindelinNov 16, 2008
  30. Sverre RabbelierNov 16, 2008
  31. Andreas EricssonNov 17, 2008
  32. Shawn O. PearceNov 17, 2008
  33. Andreas EricssonNov 17, 2008

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