1 A note on BSD licensing of the software contained herein.
3 This software includes software previously released in 2003 under a
4 GPL license, but released by the original copyright holder, Keir
5 Fraser, under a BSD license, on 5/28/2008.
7 The chain of electronic mails by which I, on behalf of the OpenAFS
8 project, requested and secured the grant of license (BSD terms, as
9 stated above) is included below.
11 --Matt Benjamin <matt@linuxbox.com>
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39 Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 15:19:24 +0100
40 Subject: Re: MCAS licensing
41 From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com>
42 To: Tim Harris <tim.harris@gmail.com>,
43 Matt Benjamin <matt@linuxbox.com>
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62 On 28/5/08 15:07, "Tim Harris" <tim.harris@gmail.com> wrote:
64 > I'm personally happy making it available under a different license. Howe=
66 > most of this work (and almost all the actual implementation) was by Keir
67 > Fraser, so he'll need to OK it as well.
69 > Keir, if its OK with you then can we replace the copy of lock-free-lib at
70 > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/lock-free/src/lockfree-lib.tar=
72 > with one under a BSD-derived license?
74 I=B9d be happy to relicense, however I=B9m unlikely to take the time to go
75 through the tarball changing all references to GPL to refer to a BSD-alike
76 license. Add to this the fact I do not have access to my CL account any
77 more. However I=B9m happy for the OpenAFS project to take the tarball and do
78 anything you like to it. The question then is simply what degree of
79 assurance/provability do you require that we will not renege on this
80 agreement later. Perhaps this email will suffice? :-)
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93 <TITLE>Re: MCAS licensing</TITLE>
96 <FONT FACE=3D"Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE=3D'font-size:12.0px'>On 28=
97 /5/08 15:07, "Tim Harris" <tim.harris@gmail.com> wrote:<BR>
99 </SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYL=
100 E=3D'font-size:12.0px'>I'm personally happy making it available under a differ=
101 ent license. However,<BR>
102 most of this work (and almost all the actual implementation) was by Keir<BR=
104 Fraser, so he'll need to OK it as well.<BR>
106 Keir, if its OK with you then can we replace the copy of lock-free-lib at<B=
108 <FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U><a href=3D"http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/neto=
109 s/lock-free/src/lockfree-lib.tar.gz">http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/ne=
110 tos/lock-free/src/lockfree-lib.tar.gz</a><BR>
111 </U></FONT>with one under a BSD-derived license?<BR>
112 </SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STY=
113 LE=3D'font-size:12.0px'><BR>
114 I’d be happy to relicense, however I’m unlikely to take the tim=
115 e to go through the tarball changing all references to GPL to refer to a BSD=
116 -alike license. Add to this the fact I do not have access to my CL account a=
117 ny more. However I’m happy for the OpenAFS project to take the tarball=
118 and do anything you like to it. The question then is simply what degree of =
119 assurance/provability do you require that we will not renege on this agreeme=
120 nt later. Perhaps this email will suffice? :-)<BR>
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163 Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 15:07:48 +0100
164 From: "Tim Harris" <tim.harris@gmail.com>
165 To: "Matt Benjamin" <matt@linuxbox.com>
166 Subject: Re: MCAS licensing
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182 I'm personally happy making it available under a different license.
184 most of this work (and almost all the actual implementation) was by Keir
185 Fraser, so he'll need to OK it as well.
187 Keir, if its OK with you then can we replace the copy of lock-free-lib at
188 http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/lock-free/src/lockfree-lib.tar.gz
189 with one under a BSD-derived license?
198 On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Matt Benjamin <matt@linuxbox.com> wrote:
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205 > Thank you (and colleagues) for your work.
207 > I work on a large open-source project (OpenAFS) whose license is,
208 > unfortunately, not GPL, and not viral. It seems like an outside chance,
209 > but we're experimenting with lock-free data structures in some
210 > subsystems, and it would be interesting to us if there were a possiblity
211 > of getting a product/project-specific license exemption allowing us to
212 > use MCAS. (It would be nice to be using a vetted, free library.)
214 > Thanks for your consideration,
223 > 206 South Fifth Ave. Suite 150
224 > Ann Arbor, MI 48104
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249 <div>I'm personally happy making it available under a different license. However,</div>
250 <div>most of this work (and almost all the actual implementation) was by Keir</div>
251 <div>Fraser, so he'll need to OK it as well.</div>
253 <div>Keir, if its OK with you then can we replace the copy of lock-free-lib at</div>
254 <div><a href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/lock-free/src/lockfree-lib.tar.gz">http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/lock-free/src/lockfree-lib.tar.gz</a></div>
255 <div>with one under a BSD-derived license?</div>
261 <div><br><br> </div>
262 <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Matt Benjamin <<a href="mailto:matt@linuxbox.com">matt@linuxbox.com</a>> wrote:<br>
263 <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>Hash: SHA256<br><br>Hi Tim,<br><br>Thank you (and colleagues) for your work.<br>
264 <br>I work on a large open-source project (OpenAFS) whose license is,<br>unfortunately, not GPL, and not viral. It seems like an outside chance,<br>but we're experimenting with lock-free data structures in some<br>subsystems, and it would be interesting to us if there were a possiblity<br>
265 of getting a product/project-specific license exemption allowing us to<br>use MCAS. (It would be nice to be using a vetted, free library.)<br><br>Thanks for your consideration,<br><br>Matt<br><br>- --<br><br>Matt Benjamin<br>
266 <br>The Linux Box<br>206 South Fifth Ave. Suite 150<br>Ann Arbor, MI 48104<br><br><a href="http://linuxbox.com/" target="_blank">http://linuxbox.com</a><br><br>tel. 734-761-4689<br>fax. 734-769-8938<br>cel. 734-216-5309<br>
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