On Wed, 6 May 2015, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote:
Matthieu prepared this tree on the understanding that it would be merged
as is. In particular, we were expecting that the original commit of the
Babel code (under the name of a Paul Jakma) would be overridden by a
commit under Matthieu's name. This has not happened -- the Babel code
in Quagga still appears with an original commit by Paul Jakma, and under
a Quagga copyright statement. Although the Quagga people have written
none of this code.
I've done my best to try make you happy. I really have.
The problem is, our lawyers tell us the code you and Matthieu adapted to
rely on Quagga functionality isn't just subject to your licensing terms,
but "likely" (one lawyer) and "obliged" also the licensing terms of a lot
of other people.
It isn't a question of us putting GPL notices on the quagga-babeld port
just for the fun of it (we have other purely-permissive files elsewhere in
Quagga, note), or just to annoy you. It is because legal advice tells us
we are *required* to honour our GPL licence obligations to the *other*
copyright holders of your code.
The commit messages do not claim authorship over the code. That's not how
commit messages work. However, we are able to delete and re-import with
commit messages as you wish, if that would build good-will and enable a
solution - within the legal constraints.
We can remove the GPL notices from some of the files, that can be clearly
identified as independent of Quagga (again, based on legal advice).
We can also stop distributing quagga-babeld, if it bothers you so much. No
problem there either.
Tell us what you want that'd make you happy, and would meet the legal
constraints, and we will gladly implement it.
regards,
--
Paul Jakma [email protected] @pjakma Key ID: 64A2FF6A
Fortune:
Consultant, n.:
Someone who'd rather climb a tree and tell a lie than stand on
the ground and tell the truth.
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