On 2010-12-22, at 14:19, Kenneth Russell wrote: > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Mark Rowe <mr...@apple.com> wrote: >> >> On 2010-12-22, at 13:27, David Levin wrote: >> >> Sounded like MIT license is considered permittable: >> https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2010-January/011406.html >> >> The code in question is labeled as being under "SGI FREE SOFTWARE LICENSE >> B". According to the Internets this is very similar, but not identical, to >> the MIT license. If it were identical to the MIT license then I agree >> there'd be precedent within the WebKit project for accepting such code. >> It's not identical though. > > Not sure whether you saw http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/ , but it > explains that the license is intended to mirror the X11 license > exactly and why they revised the previous version of their license > rather than switching licenses.
I did. However, I'm not a lawyer and as such am not in a position to evaluate this claim. I have asked a lawyer to take a look and confirm that the license is acceptable. In the future we should make sure that this step is taken before code under a new license is landed in the tree. Thanks, - Mark >> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Kenneth Russell <k...@google.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Mark Rowe <mr...@apple.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 2010-12-22, at 10:45, Kenneth Russell wrote: >>>> >>>> I see. The GLU tessellator was integrated because it was the only >>>> viable option for helping implement GPU-accelerated path rendering in >>>> WebKit. (This work is still in early stages, and the tessellator isn't >>>> yet being compiled in to WebKit.) The code is covered by an MIT X11 >>>> style license which is compatible with the BSD license WebKit uses. >>>> >>>> I'm not a lawyer so I can't speak to the compatibility of the various >>>> open >>>> source licenses. I will note however that the committer agreement that >>>> all >>>> committers have signed explicitly states that only the BSD and LGPL >>>> licenses >>>> are permitted for code checked in to the WebKit repository. >>> >>> I apologize, I didn't mean to violate the WebKit committer agreement. >>> There was extensive discussion on IRC and in person before checking in >>> this and related code. If its continued presence poses a problem then >>> please let's try to figure out a solution that allows continued >>> development of this functionality. >>> >>> -Ken >>> _______________________________________________ >>> webkit-dev mailing list >>> webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org >>> http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev >> >> >>
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