My contributions are very minor, so I'm not sure if my response is required. I do agree with the change however.
Gary On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Jelmer Vernooij <[email protected]> wrote: > (CC'ing dulwich-users) > > Hi there, > > You're receiving this email because you are one of the contributors to > Dulwich (http://samba.org/~jelmer/dulwich/). > > The current license of Dulwich is GPLv2 or later. I would like to > change that to version 2.0 of the Apache license for the following > reasons: > > * Several permissively licensed projects that use Dulwich or > want to use Dulwich have indicated that the GPL is a problem > for them. > > * More consistent with other modules in the Python world and Python > itself, where permissive licenses are common > > Since the Apache2 license is incompatible with the GPLv2 > (it is compatible with GPL version 3.0), we would have to dual-license > under GPLv2 and Apache v2 license - to keep projects that depend on > Dulwich and are GPLv2 licensed happy. > > Please let me know what your thoughts are on relicensing, if you're > okay to see your contribution to Dulwich available under Apachev2 license > or if you have any questions. > > Cheers, > > Jelmer > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dulwich-users > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dulwich-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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