From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B7781F42E for ; Wed, 9 May 2018 16:48:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965588AbeEIQsL (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 May 2018 12:48:11 -0400 Received: from mail-pf0-f196.google.com ([209.85.192.196]:41603 "EHLO mail-pf0-f196.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935343AbeEIQsK (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 May 2018 12:48:10 -0400 Received: by mail-pf0-f196.google.com with SMTP id v63so25906351pfk.8 for ; Wed, 09 May 2018 09:48:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=2MFLqrxflkSVzggtWELT3fHbR1PJP9kpLMMPrZav8a8=; b=oIM8DaNY9PNnhoNL9NS9YJGMIjTAx9HkSfnDSYWvc5rzK9chmiP3XyQHEOZr+Lx0+f zTxIS17YYyB94a9wdlvKZpvF2xS/D/aXLZ8TqTImhaIUkdc/mdLhRmlefzUI5eK7t4z4 cAsLoqsreclNlt+9kDFWWvVDNFO3R/WxQbm1aWMmKlMAnkAyU2cPDp3DpH4ccoY8bLRh GcvxE5M8T5B0AyCtag0Ms0tdyGsjoK4RG4wShteEhLjZ5eLBP4gdPQFRmQ5j/WhB49Kb ZE05yDQuW+NuuA5p6EYTySyg5WN9Zmq9JzSJrSHxv9C7u6RY4g9kRc84jCqE2WRod/Kq nDaQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=2MFLqrxflkSVzggtWELT3fHbR1PJP9kpLMMPrZav8a8=; b=DG76Ljd6j1mkAlwUBCIOhr39ewu/Fu+mMEmMBY4VvtbI+/5h2UGJDhQXMvIKWZ+Xxk ePLWcMgTByu94nUOepkQH/cElbGPE+6Rj1h7M8ebNmbVkTguoMtQEeLYXWaPvs8kvsqm 7B2n46XLaqRa6/jhDGjaETv6HHM0lPeE4LhyDABmV744dO9KhY9sNkB6CtYRdyLV7KkC eDwUc6D4DX/LBPMBEux4tMkpbhuCyJFbRi5eyZqStLmTsXDFgLYxbk8QWzOG8mN3lWpW Vm5P8CoKgdS6nUlSceaLir7U/bMLC5nvv0Krnxa7PTltMyeze5c7CDqCp9RTNwaYxHbm aXxA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALQs6tD+WXBKNNvhwDYDRIDgq4cXVkXPfeEBXFIy9LnPBJVKZiz4upxn c8W38hcG4f+Q5SdREKqlVyOoCdqQ X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZqB0xkFgoTPQd7ISyTcaAFwwKSDnm5LzdGUcb/WHtntn0fJASD51V+E6YtSqg/UvynIuGNgZw== X-Received: by 10.98.11.210 with SMTP id 79mr44456254pfl.4.1525884489515; Wed, 09 May 2018 09:48:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aiede.svl.corp.google.com ([2620:0:100e:422:4187:1d6c:d3d6:9ce6]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5sm48531215pfx.140.2018.05.09.09.48.08 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Wed, 09 May 2018 09:48:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 09:48:07 -0700 From: Jonathan Nieder To: Christian Couder Cc: git , =?iso-8859-1?Q?=C6var_Arnfj=F6r=F0?= Bjarmason , Junio C Hamano , Stefan Beller , Jonathan Tan Subject: Re: Implementing reftable in Git Message-ID: <20180509164807.GI10348@aiede.svl.corp.google.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.2 (2017-12-15) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi, Christian Couder wrote: > I might start working on implementing reftable in Git soon. Yay! [...] > So I think the most straightforward and compatible way to do it would > be to port the JGit implementation. I suspect following the spec[1] would be even more compatible, since it would force us to tighten the spec where it is unclear. > It looks like the > JGit repo and the reftable code there are licensed under the Eclipse > Distribution License - v 1.0 [7] which is very similar to the 3-Clause > BSD License also called Modified BSD License If you would like the patches at https://git.eclipse.org/r/q/topic:reftable relicensed for Git's use so that you don't need to include that license header, let me know. Separate from any legal concerns, if you're doing a straight port, a one-line comment crediting the JGit project would still be appreciated, of course. That said, I would not be surprised if going straight from the spec is easier than porting the code. Thanks, Jonathan [1] https://eclipse.googlesource.com/jgit/jgit/+/master/Documentation/technical/reftable.md