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On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:34:26 -0400 |
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Richard Yao <ryao@×××××××××××××.edu> wrote: |
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> I wrote sys-freebsd/virtio-kmod (bug 410199) while studying |
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> Gentoo/FreeBSD as part of an attempt to port gptzfsloader to Gentoo |
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> Linux. naota wrote an improvement that would be useful to send |
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> upstream. However, the GPL-2 license poses a problem according to |
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> conversations that I had in #gentoo-dev. |
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if he wrote the improvement, he can send it upstream under whatever |
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license he wants; generally, it is implicit that a patch follows the |
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same license as the code it applies to, esp. when the author himself |
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agrees to share it with upstream. |
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> While I have asked naota for permission to upstream the line he wrote, |
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> this poses a more general issue for collaboration, especially if I |
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> port more kernel modules from FreeBSD Ports. |
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> Would it be possible to relicense sys-freebsd/* under terms of the |
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> BSD-2 license? |
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what do you mean by 'relicense' ? for ebuilds, you'll have to ask |
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permission to all contributors to this area, and, afaik, the foundation |
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owns copyrights so it has a word to say too. |
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if you mean the 'LICENSE' field of ebuilds, then this is not the right |
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place to ask. |
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A. |
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