Re: Contribution licensing question(s)

2017-11-01 Thread Elijah Newren
Hi Peff, On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Jeff King wrote: > This was mostly done for the libgit2 project, which uses GPL with a > linking exception: > > https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/blob/master/COPYING > > When that project started, they asked for dual-license permission

Re: Contribution licensing question(s)

2017-11-01 Thread Jeff King
On Wed, Nov 01, 2017 at 08:50:00AM -0700, Elijah Newren wrote: > Background: git's README.md file points out that some parts of git are > under a license other than GPLv2 (while still GPLv2-compatible), > though it doesn't state which one(s) I think this note is mostly about code we've imported

Re: Contribution licensing question(s)

2017-11-01 Thread Stefan Beller
On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 8:50 AM, Elijah Newren <new...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > My employer has a new-ish open-source-contribution process, and is > curious about some licensing question(s) before I submit a few patch > series. cool. :) > Background: git's README.md f

Contribution licensing question(s)

2017-11-01 Thread Elijah Newren
Hi, My employer has a new-ish open-source-contribution process, and is curious about some licensing question(s) before I submit a few patch series. Background: git's README.md file points out that some parts of git are under a license other than GPLv2 (while still GPLv2-compatible), though

Re: licensing question

2016-06-06 Thread Stefan Beller
On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Matthieu Moy wrote: > "Annie Wojcik" writes: > >> Hello, >> Can you tell me if this product is free for educational use? > > Git is free, period ;-). Both free of charge, and "free as in free > speach"

Re: licensing question

2016-06-06 Thread Matthieu Moy
"Annie Wojcik" writes: > Hello, > Can you tell me if this product is free for educational use? Git is free, period ;-). Both free of charge, and "free as in free speach" (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html). -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/ -- To

licensing question

2016-06-06 Thread Annie Wojcik
Hello, Can you tell me if this product is free for educational use? We would like to include it in our software master and have it installed on all computers. We are just double checking as some license agreements can be confusing. Thanks Annie Annie Wojcik Technical Support Specialist