Re: [eigen] Re: Contributor approval for the MPL2 relicensing (YOUR ACTION NEEDED)

["Marcus D. Hanwell" <marcus.hanwell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you ever want me or others to upstream it, then it must be BSD. I
think there is a clear line here - CMake is certainly not C++ and
would never be copied into Eigen code (or vice-versa). One of the
reasons that I think KDE used BSD in CMake code is so that we are able
to upstream improvements easily.

You know I lean towards BSD in general for its simplicity, but my
CMake contributions to Eigen have been fairly minimal thus far too.

Marcus

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 8:33 PM, Benoit Jacob <jacob.benoit.1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In fact, CMake code should have a license too, especially as we have
> highly nontrivial CMake code.
>
> What shall we choose?
>  - MPL2 for uniformity within our codebase?
>  - or BSD/MIT like KDE does for CMake code for maximum ease of sharing/reusing?
>
> Benoit
>
> 2012/6/28 Marcus D. Hanwell <marcus.hanwell@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Yes, I agree to have all the code that I contributed to Eigen
>> relicensed to the MPL2 license.
>>
>> I believe all I ever contributed was a little CMake code, so perhaps
>> not so important in this context ;-)
>>
>> Marcus
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Benoit Jacob <jacob.benoit.1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Let me open the dance:
>>>
>>> Yes, I agree to have all the code that I contributed to Eigen
>>> relicensed to the MPL2 license.
>>>
>>> Benoit
>>>
>>> 2012/6/28 Benoit Jacob <jacob.benoit.1@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> Hi List,
>>>>
>>>> We want to relicense to the MPL2 license very soon. The explicit
>>>> written agreement of every contributor is needed. It is worth replying
>>>> to this thread even if you've contributed only 1 byte to Eigen. We
>>>> probably won't get all the minor contributors and we'll use common
>>>> sense there, but it is worth chasing everyone we can.
>>>>
>>>> Before going on, here are two links that you should check out before proceeding:
>>>>  - the MPL2 license:
>>>>     http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/
>>>>  - the MPL2 FAQ:
>>>>     http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/FAQ.html
>>>>
>>>> Notice that this is about relicensing Eigen to the MPL2 *only*. The
>>>> current LGPL/GPL licensing options will be removed. Make sure that you
>>>> understand this. We are currently investigating the status of MPL-GPL
>>>> compatibility, as that is of course a requirement for this relicensing
>>>> to be acceptable. You can help with that --- see the other thread. We
>>>> will not actually relicense until we are certain that this will be
>>>> acceptable by users who rely on LGPL/GPL compatibility.
>>>>
>>>> So, please reply to this email with either one of the following two sentences:
>>>>
>>>>  Yes, I agree to have all the code that I contributed to Eigen
>>>> relicensed to the MPL2 license.
>>>>
>>>> or
>>>>
>>>>  No, I do not agree.
>>>>
>>>> Anything else than the above "Yes" sentence will mean "No".
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Benoit
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