Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] test-lib.sh: Add explicit license detail, with change from GPLv2 to GPLv2+.

Subject: Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] test-lib.sh: Add explicit license detail, with change from GPLv2 to GPLv2+.

Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:22:11 +0100 (CET)

To: Carl Worth

Cc: Johannes Sixt, Pierre Habouzit, Sverre Rabbelier, notmuch@notmuchmail.org, git@vger.kernel.org

From: Johannes Schindelin


Hi,

On Sat, 20 Feb 2010, Carl Worth wrote:

> This file has had no explicit license information noted in it, but
> has clearly been created and modified according to the terms of GPLv2
> as with the rest of the git code base.
> 
> The purpose of relicensing is to allow other GPLv3+ projects (in
> particular, the notmuch project: http://notmuchmail.org) to use this
> same test-suite structure (and to contribute changes back as well).
> 
> The request for relicensing was presented to the git community in:
> 
> 	Message-ID: <871vgmki4f.fsf@steelpick.localdomain>
> 
> and explicitly agreed to by Junio C Hamano, Sverre Rabbelier, Johannes
> Schindelin, Pierre Habouzit, and Johannes Sixt.

As promised:

Acked-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>

Ciao,
Dscho

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