Hi,

Am 23.08.2011 um 06:41 schrieb Erik Larsson:

> Hi,
> 
> As cherry-picking from Fuse4X and OSXFUSE is becoming more relevant in the 
> future, I realized that the issue of licensing isn't very clear.
> 
> Specifically, I'm unsure about the licensing status of Fuse4x. The homepage 
> doesn't say anything about this.
> Under what license does Anatol release his contributions to the code? We 
> cannot cherry-pick modifications with unknown legal status from other 
> projects. (I tried to look around in the github repositories, but couldn't 
> find any legal notice.)

It might be a good idea to add the licensing information to each submodule 
(kext, fuse, ...) not just the main/build repository.

> I will assume that OSXFUSE contributors should follow in Tuxera's and 
> Google's footsteps and license modifications under the BSD license? Do you 
> have any objections Benjamin?

No I don't. Otherwise we would end up in a licensing mess. Everyone who wants 
to commit to OSXFUSE should release the modifications under a BSD license.

> Including (and even using compiled versions of) code with unclear legal 
> status could get someone into trouble, so this needs to be very explicitly 
> stated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> - Erik
> 

Regards,
Benjamin

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