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- Subject: Re: [eigen] MPL2 relicensing: tracking 3rd-party code
- From: Keir Mierle <mierle@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:13:12 -0700
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I can answer some of this.
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Benoit Jacob <jacob.benoit.1@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> (Daniel: questions for you below, see (*) marks).
>
> Hi,
>
> So the relicensing effort is going really well:
> - as of today we have the answers to the big questions about the
> MPL2, about GPL compatibility etc. See other threads.
> - the chasing down of contributors to get their approval is under
> way, in another thread.
>
I'm working on the script to swap out the headers. After the ducks are in
order we can figure out the right strategy to commit the header swap.
> Now the biggest remaining problem is 3rd-party code.
>
> First questions:
>
> (*) How much does it actually matter that all the 3rdparty code we use
> is MPL2, is it acceptable to have 3rdparty code under BSD/MIT, and is
> it acceptable to have some LGPLv3 code under Section 3 of the LGPLv3
> as it's headers?
>