Re: [PATCH v10 09/12] Add reftable library
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Danh Doan <congdanhqx@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> +BSD License
>>> +
>>> +Copyright (c) 2020, Google LLC
>>> +All rights reserved.
>>
>> Linking against GPLv2 code will make this code GPLv2, right?
>
> Wrong. A program (e.g. "git") can have various parts, some of which
> is licensed under GPL, some other parts under BSD, yet some other
> parts under LGPL. Read the second paragraph of README we ship
> without source.
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> I think you are thinking about the obligation a distributor of the
> linked binary compiled from such source has, which is that they need
> to make available not just the GPL part but the rest of the program
> used to compile the whole, including parts licensed under BSD and
> other licenses.
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>