From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EF821F86C for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2020 21:24:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2388495AbgK3VW0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:22:26 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:55608 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2387531AbgK3VW0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:22:26 -0500 Received: from mail-wr1-x444.google.com (mail-wr1-x444.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::444]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 56618C0613CF for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:21:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wr1-x444.google.com with SMTP id i2so18223941wrs.4 for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:21:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=aCq0rdb29F1bCvIF1TPV6Ym5Q8/HQ9uCx+h1ABfO7bg=; b=Jmr432hpE51H++rzM9uvqKI6IdQUd4enKWTEGjOe/Run9ghpC4i/1/AeNWmlODmBu2 q3ooV21aQFWDkxtXL/cgb0NqaLKVJiYlvNwXthFTyEYzpYxbbR3wvwvaQfGbeiskf+y4 MGkfvmwr5cl58xVWTF0GiEmYgID0gcF+v+kg151PnVL4ddgDmjtGbCJDCabVjcgRbRS4 HRI4MukSnRFgAmYQoYkE6u6w187ehRNMe/+ZJyUs6dsDNad7dNzXFYMGD6P6mNoPurLS Q2wfs8VRx7aWoB6NF/5C3mRzw7THJYy/G+8x3EHzP50xtRd5bpEjP4fJbLM/fL3wUrka PnsQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=aCq0rdb29F1bCvIF1TPV6Ym5Q8/HQ9uCx+h1ABfO7bg=; b=TcnRcc8C476aAjNmGTMgW/q0jCfWScdMdMn5T5jGJx4F7/wHhW3es10e/PCjxIR3tW rzOm3VI8w4Luy3k5bgEHnW53Zxt/voUqgOyaK0woTNgp1STAosoOWbm0RCFmafoglZTj loueqFpqvAadcFgou9ZBfZJp6VYCgo3Eh+kRIKd1jcFQQGaC26ZMYzWZbC4/NWlEG3Qs FjtXtp50VxJ+6vyoaD3pGTsC4RxMLGlpUf10OPe55u7TDATc9Mm06Bw97vR0USz2QlMV Qm4IQpF3mE1r987Yy+2guKdABsZSA9E63uCaM9gPvTn9D9JeEDq5Kvue9p9ZFCIqlz5N smGw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531oVSxhof0TkwEUOcoHDG7V9bGXO437syZc0kNMEytpkWpcaOfi t+pyGg2Q1gzyp7EWXzvvKGJP8s8DDW9wGOKR7kC1s4cyvXdIiw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJywaPzcc9WFVMJbwUmXn2P6BSS2KFfC/TWzoTjsc+ThFrBcTCqNz4lC5piSlnLYBIrQltzrdjEwtpQZb3l3ims= X-Received: by 2002:adf:e788:: with SMTP id n8mr30703963wrm.84.1606771299128; Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:21:39 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <91c3ac2449edc45db643b0ba6cba66ef31176600.1606419752.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> <87lfennln8.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Felipe Contreras Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:21:28 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/16] reftable: add LICENSE To: Han-Wen Nienhuys Cc: =?UTF-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsCBCamFybWFzb24=?= , Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget , git , Jeff King , Ramsay Jones , Jonathan Nieder , Johannes Schindelin , Jonathan Tan , Josh Steadmon , Emily Shaffer , Patrick Steinhardt , Han-Wen Nienhuys Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 2:28 PM Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 12:26 PM Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > > Until the reftable code is actually merged into git, I work on the > > reftable library itself at github.com/google/reftable. I've asked our > > opensource team if we could switch off the CLA enforcement for this > > repo, to facilitate back & forth imports of fixes. > > I've asked our lawyers, but this is not currently possible, unfortunately. Maybe I'm not understanding something correctly. Git's license is GPLv2. When you add your Signed-off-by line you are saying you are authorized to provide this code to the Git project under its open source license. Therefore, I should be able to take your patches, and rework them in any way I want as long as I keep Git's license. I don't need your permission, you are supposedly giving it by adding your Signed-off-by line. Read: https://developercertificate.org/ If you are not authorized to provide these patches under an open source license, then you should not add your Signed-off-by line. And if these patches cannot be used by the Git project, nor can we work on them in a collaborative manner, then what's the point in providing them? Sounds to me Google has not made its mind about actually contributing these changes. Or am I missing something? Cheers. -- Felipe Contreras