# any way to re-release git's block sha1 implementation under a different license? 2 messages from 2012-12-07 to 2012-12-07. Participants: Liu Liu, Pyeron, Jason J CTR (US). Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/32283 ## Liu Liu, 2012-12-07 07:51 Subject: any way to re-release git's block sha1 implementation under a different license? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAFBatg3AcjOjQqKJrRe_fkva8OD%3DF%3D5aS7kczF3e1ePw_KcJng%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi, I am reaching out because in my personal project ( https://github.com/liuliu/ccv ), I used the block sha1 implementation ( https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/block-sha1/sha1.c) in git. It is a fast, generalized and standalone implementation, however, since it is a part of git, it is under GPL license. Is there any possibilities for the original author/authors to release this particular piece of code under BSD / MIT or Apache license? Thanks! --- Liu Liu http://liuliu.me http://facebook.com/liu.ll ``` ## Pyeron, Jason J CTR (US), 2012-12-07 14:39 Subject: RE: any way to re-release git's block sha1 implementation under a different license? Message-ID: <871B6C10EBEFE342A772D1159D13208537AFA06D@umechphj.easf.csd.disa.mil> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/871B6C10EBEFE342A772D1159D13208537AFA06D%40umechphj.easf.csd.disa.mil In-Reply-To: ``` > -----Original Message----- > From: Liu Liu > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 2:52 AM > > Hi, > > I am reaching out because in my personal project ( > https://github.com/liuliu/ccv > ), I used the block sha1 implementation ( > https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/block-sha1/sha1.c) in git. It is > a > fast, generalized and standalone implementation, however, since it is a > part of git, it is under GPL license. Is there any possibilities for > the > original author/authors to release this particular piece of code under > BSD > / MIT or Apache license? Thanks! Worse comes to worse, use the Mozilla code it was based on. Assumption is that the original code was under the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Public_License -Jason ```