From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 304DE202A0 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2017 18:59:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933031AbdKAS7y (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Nov 2017 14:59:54 -0400 Received: from mail-vk0-f46.google.com ([209.85.213.46]:50013 "EHLO mail-vk0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932209AbdKAS7x (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Nov 2017 14:59:53 -0400 Received: by mail-vk0-f46.google.com with SMTP id t184so2053976vka.6 for ; Wed, 01 Nov 2017 11:59:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=o5nn0R1WJKmbydfxfBHABSAs4JU5N04B7DfYuPYZ/YY=; b=kg3YzI4ppEyz57fpqDxeT5/KiveKr5l7UaoDqD2yMSFY4x46cQ9Tn+lpymKgLLCyCk d9H4Ypz42JN2HDvpB9KWrdnLUP9/QTCF35y8/nlZjl98+nIEWlusGVsEfHPBcFWpIdT+ YIXYNKQ/78Pavd7fPn0erVzYIoPqGXNrCXQow1sSPMxz3iNJJ75Xq0uXSSv8gclVfO6Y nM4s01DA2KjnHtrSTx70I04tcVNOmWPyIO78WQ1UukNfOZHlOmVpA/l5nTrsBYlxClSq VlELUMB/bqkm1Sud2qdGfHCZ3RkK613Nyc0JPCU0p6O451BbyUYUBNCGW+CzsoI329Op I0FA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=o5nn0R1WJKmbydfxfBHABSAs4JU5N04B7DfYuPYZ/YY=; b=P4DyMYnFJ9PRuVHs4rk/n6kU8WCdLPWUkvIV85EeHdUjLTO/HAw0/0WEebOdB6lJAJ xajkrTycJeyryMr2oUgVQqJdEBB2lOons8v9clsK/pNFZUpFd2kNZsccQAweYUIghFsQ oRFC0F13Ry6HgQW+H9HZXvcQlw2lPs0jgLDP57Hb47I7321HXchS7+CrbU6YCIuGrFpZ c8TtJ09PMDKbgy9WuCCfUlhu1Ilr+aVXG+tAJxY6pMdsxvR0CpwguO9nLzCNYE777u7M 7l4pHMp/wlCOQDYbFym1P6MrRQDCXiphn5I5IvunBzDTFEm/25s5ApYFKDIknZQTyoEp M8AQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaXKPFKu0iIH/lXbeRoFOm2mOURCs6Kvowr4vc7HEUY2sDAWpyX8 RE7HeubDW5KuBrQzj7WIUtmQ1Yh6NVaizWhoqFgXFA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABhQp+SCjFLKSxeCf0uQ0N1L/vgWVEM51cmO2Xizcp4FziTWO5E6eA6N/vUJfTu0uYXcJmyivj1HDs0BCQF3n3O1g3o= X-Received: by 10.31.16.231 with SMTP id 100mr654941vkq.153.1509562792411; Wed, 01 Nov 2017 11:59:52 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.176.67.33 with HTTP; Wed, 1 Nov 2017 11:59:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20171101183829.mwoi7urka3hze3pm@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <20171101183829.mwoi7urka3hze3pm@sigill.intra.peff.net> From: Elijah Newren Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 11:59:51 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Contribution licensing question(s) To: Jeff King Cc: Git Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi Peff, On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Jeff King wrote: > This was mostly done for the libgit2 project, which uses GPL with a > linking exception: > > https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/blob/master/COPYING > > When that project started, they asked for dual-license permission from > various git.git contributors, which is documented in that repo: > > https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/blob/master/git.git-authors Ah, thanks, not sure why I had mis-remembered that as being a jgit thing. Thanks for jogging my memory. I think that (and your comment to just grant other projects a different license) answers the main question; I'll take it back and see what they say. Thanks, Elijah