From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FDEBC83000 for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2020 15:31:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D0232075A for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2020 15:31:17 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="SuAbQMZc" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728167AbgD1PbQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:31:16 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.71]:60504 "EHLO pb-smtp2.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727917AbgD1PbQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:31:16 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1510F6348E; Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:31:14 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=6pB7bX+JSIhX9S8C3uioad4VlN4=; b=SuAbQM ZceU3V/RhIioOXc3rJcSv6DiEfJoYGH5k827prF9q1wAOJjzRk5AciJs22FmU0Kp 2ZEzH4YUPHQGI1SDhXqp0UXS47BSoEfcWC7Xkgs7TvtkLFpDNgV/wHIJ+MrXHrZO OHDdrgzS8c696kMg/MkQelP8kbHTtRWbX2/lA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=f47nsF6bzxIiSKhPUbeOgxXFTLnfjg9J kK1Hh8d12rXrryt5Z83vtD2evkwJFtMP4vB5N/xOjpwky0OpmDfB8fbsrrwlPGKB 2XbbUZV+J3kz4jY5QCUIv8THzDQ4a4b8HpCTTSU6Y8UJmTAHyEaBNRhGDSf8XcpI u2Bs0wv3H2M= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CA836348D; Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:31:14 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.74.119.39]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 866296348C; Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:31:13 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Danh Doan Cc: Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget , git@vger.kernel.org, Han-Wen Nienhuys , Han-Wen Nienhuys Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 09/12] Add reftable library References: <59209a5ad39326cf88966715312922f08f149942.1588018418.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> <20200428145541.GC31366@danh.dev> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 08:31:12 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Tue, 28 Apr 2020 08:29:19 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 4B444046-8965-11EA-B62F-D1361DBA3BAF-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Junio C Hamano writes: > Danh Doan writes: > >>> +BSD License >>> + >>> +Copyright (c) 2020, Google LLC >>> +All rights reserved. >> >> Linking against GPLv2 code will make this code GPLv2, right? > > Wrong. A program (e.g. "git") can have various parts, some of which > is licensed under GPL, some other parts under BSD, yet some other > parts under LGPL. Read the second paragraph of README we ship > without source. without --> with our ;-) > > I think you are thinking about the obligation a distributor of the > linked binary compiled from such source has, which is that they need > to make available not just the GPL part but the rest of the program > used to compile the whole, including parts licensed under BSD and > other licenses.