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Re: [PATCH] root-uid: new module
- From: Charles Wilson <cygwin at cwilson dot fastmail dot fm>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:13:29 -0400
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] root-uid: new module
- References: <4FEA4A72.8090003@cs.ucla.edu> <4FEA4D53.3090409@redhat.com> <4FEA4FDB.5030105@cs.ucla.edu> <4FEA5161.6010503@redhat.com> <4FEB1189.80902@cwilson.fastmail.fm>
- Reply-to: Charles Wilson <cygwin at cwilson dot fastmail dot fm>
On 6/27/2012 9:58 AM, Charles Wilson wrote:
> Those three files are under slightly
> different licenses, but are MIT/X-ish.
Oops, I should have scrolled down farther. Looks like winpriv.c was
further modified by Jari Aalto, and actually sports a GPLv2+ license
(and re-reading the license of the code Jari(?) adopted from Chris, it
seems like a combo of BSD with the MIT/X disclaimer tacked on). Either
way, it should be compatible with the needs of gnulib.
I, and I hope all those associated with the code, would be willing to
release it to gnulib under a plain old LGPLv3+ license -- or even a
more permissive one. (dunno if Chris Rodgers is still contactable, tho).
But before we try contacting everybody for a license change, take a look
and see if it even contains the stuff you want/need.
--
Chuck
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