Wasn't all the NPL code also automatically replaced with MPL 1.0 and then shortly later subsequently re-released under MPL(1.1)/LGPL/GPL tri-license in 2000ish? I think there is something on mozilla.org/NPL and mozilla.org/MPL about it somewhere.
Zac Bowling http://zacbowling.com/ On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 23:11 -0700, César Octavio López Natarén wrote: > Hello Bryan. > > >> To sum up - did mono ask all authors of the "TokenStream.java" class > >> to change the license from NPL 1.1 to MIT/X11 license or is it valid > >> to "just" change from NPL to MIT/X11? > > > > You need to obtain permission to get it under different terms, you can > > not remove the terms of the original license. > > > >> 1) > >> http://svn.myrealbox.com/source/trunk/mcs/class/Microsoft.JScript/Microsoft.JScript/TokenStream.cs > >> 2) > >> http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsblame.cgi?file=mozilla/js/rhino/src/org/mozilla/javascript/TokenStream.java&rev=&root=/cvsroot > >> > >> Thanks for any response which helps bringing some light into this > >> issue :-) > > > > I had the impression that we had listed the explicit license for code > > that we have ported, but it seems that Cesar did not track this. > > What we did was not changing the license but offering at MPL and MITX11, > that's stated in file mcs/LICENSE: > > "The Microsoft.JScript assembly is covered by the > MIT X11 and the Mozilla MPL license as it contains > ported pieces of code from Rhino, the Mozilla JavaScript > implementations" > > And we also include mcs/LICENSE.MPL. > > So the original authors are kept, and the .cs files are listed as 'port > of the Rhino file'. > > > I have CCed him on this email, maybe he can clarify, and if did port the > > code he should include the original license that he got it under, and > > document those license changes in the toplevel assembly directory. > > Hello Miguel. I just added the original NPL license header to the files > that are ported code from Rhino, to avoid more confusion. > > Regards > césar > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > -- Zac Bowling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
