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- Subject: Re: [eigen] Re: Contributor approval for the MPL2 relicensing (YOUR ACTION NEEDED)
- From: Benoit Jacob <jacob.benoit.1@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:04:40 -0400
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Yes, we don't have a central authority in Eigen, nor do I think that
we should have one. If we had to get there, I would much rather
relicense to MIT/BSD/WTFPL so that this becomes as moot as possible.
Benoit
2012/6/29 Keir Mierle <mierle@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Generally this is solved by requiring copyright assignment to a central
> authority. This is what the FSF does. The only issue is where to assign
> copyright.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Trevor Irons <trevorirons@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Would it be legal (and possible under Mercerial) to add something like the
>> following automatically to any commit:
>>
>> IMPORTANT LICENSE INFORMATION
>> I hereby grant The Eigen Project(R) an unlimited license to my copyright..
>> This includes, but is not limited to the ability to redistribute and license
>> this software under the current software license(s) adopted by the Eigen
>> Project(R). The Eigen Project reserves the right to change the software
>> license of the entire project, and is hereby granted permission to
>> redistribute this patch under any future licenses adopted by the Eigen
>> Project.
>> IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT, PLEASE DELETE THIS PARAGRAPH.
>>
>> I would be surprised if many people would object to such a statement and
>> it would make things like this much simpler. Than any changes about such
>> things only would need the permission of the 'Core' Development team, which
>> seems completely reasonable to me. I'm actually a bit surprised you have to
>> ask EVERYONE for permission.
>>
>> -- Trevor
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 29 June 2012 09:36, Marc Glisse <marc.glisse@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, I agree to have all the code that I contributed to Eigen relicensed
>>> to the MPL2 license.
>>>
>>> I don't remember ever contributing to eigen, but I received an email from
>>> Benoit Jacob asking for my permission and clearly my contribution shouldn't
>>> hinder you from chosing whatever license you like.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Marc Glisse
>>>
>>>
>>
>