On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Rainer Gerhards <[email protected]>wrote:
> again, just the one I can quickly comment on... > > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Radu Gheorghe > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Judging from the answers like "that would ROCK", I'd say it looks like a >> good idea from other people's perspective, too :) >> >> I would just do that if it's not much effort, and talk about Apache-ness >> some more - as I personally don't know if it will help and by how much. >> I'm >> thinking costs vs benefits. >> >> Regarding costs: @Rainer: which parts are currently GPL? Who are the >> authors? Can't they be contacted and asked nicely, for the sake of the >> project, to change the license? > > > Keep on your mind that I am working towards ASL for 2+ years now, albeit > not at priority. What remains are the "hard commits", some of them deeply > hidden in sysklog history (15 to 25 years old). Many authors have already > been contacted and most agreed, some no longer reachable. I even rewrote > quite a bit of code. I recently had to reject an IBM submission because it > was under GPL and they had no approval to submit the contribution under > ASL, so it's definitely a hassle and the 2 to 3 month are what I really > think it takes. > I forgot on the parts: you need to read the file header comments. I somewhere have a more detailled spreadsheet, but that needs to be updated anyways... that's part of the story, file review, git history review, even up to the point where you judge each contribution. Major pain in the... ;) Rainer _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
