Re: [ANNOUNCE] Java Git (aka jgit) has switched to 3-clause BSD

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Hi,

On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 6:46 AM, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As of 53a2cc3 the jgit library (a 100% pure Java implementation
> of git) is now licensed under a 3-clause (new-style) BSD license.
> The change was done with a Perl script to rewrite all source code
> headers within the org.spearce.jgit package.  Copyright information
> was updated based upon the output of git-blame.

I previously read about this transition from GPL to BSD.

IANAL, but isn't the current version a derivative of the older
version, meaning that you need to take all authors into account when
doing this switch, and not just the authors of the _current_ code?

(Or did you get a consent from all previous authors as well as current authors?)


Vegard

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