How JGit changed from GPLv2 to BSD/EPL

Hans Meine meine at informatik.uni-hamburg.de
Wed Oct 21 11:15:56 UTC 2009


On Wednesday 21 October 2009 13:07:47 Hans Meine wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 September 2009 21:10:50 Adrian Buehlmann wrote:
> > You will most likely have to consult the code for the
> > Python localrepo class when you implement the Java
> > Localrepo class.
>
> AFAICS, it all boils down to (which has been said before) someone needing
> to write technical documentation, most likely while looking at the code,
> for *someone else* to be able to legally re-implement hg in e.g. Java.

I am sorry, I occasionally fall into the trap of replying to a posting before 
fully reading the rest of the thread.  I did not want to open this can of 
worms again; actually I am fed up with licensing discussions, too.

Please accept my apologies and have a nice day,
  Hans



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