Sounded like MIT license is considered permittable: https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2010-January/011406.html
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Kenneth Russell <k...@google.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Mark Rowe <mr...@apple.com> wrote: > > > > On 2010-12-22, at 10:45, Kenneth Russell wrote: > > > > I see. The GLU tessellator was integrated because it was the only > > viable option for helping implement GPU-accelerated path rendering in > > WebKit. (This work is still in early stages, and the tessellator isn't > > yet being compiled in to WebKit.) The code is covered by an MIT X11 > > style license which is compatible with the BSD license WebKit uses. > > > > I'm not a lawyer so I can't speak to the compatibility of the various > open > > source licenses. I will note however that the committer agreement that > all > > committers have signed explicitly states that only the BSD and LGPL > licenses > > are permitted for code checked in to the WebKit repository. > > I apologize, I didn't mean to violate the WebKit committer agreement. > There was extensive discussion on IRC and in person before checking in > this and related code. If its continued presence poses a problem then > please let's try to figure out a solution that allows continued > development of this functionality. > > -Ken > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev >
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