On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Darin Adler <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Feb 6, 2012, at 6:17 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > But I've seen cases where people didn't realize some files they uploaded > on Bugzilla weren't compatible with LGPL or BSD until the review process > > Sure, people make mistakes, but our request is that they determine this > before uploading a patch. > > > we should probably judge on case-by-case basis in practice if the patch > contains new files or code imported from elsewhere > > Adding code with a new license is a major decision, so the “we” here has > to be a larger cross section of the WebKit community than is typical for a > patch review. > What I meant is that concluding whether a given patch is licensed under LGPL or BSD should be carefully examined if it were importing some new code since people do make mistakes as you pointed out. I didn't mean to talk about the case where people intentionally add patches with LGPL/BSD incompatible licenses. Obviously, they should be making a request on webkit-dev before uploading such a patch. - Ryosuke
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