Hi, On Mon, 26 May 2008, Vegard Nossum wrote: > 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?) He did. That is what is written in the thread that Shawn explicitely stated in the part that you did _not_ quote. I also have to wonder why you chose a total technical non-issue, that does not really concern you (because you are noone of said authors), for your first post (at least that I am aware of) to this list. Ciao, Dscho -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
