Re: [PATCH] block-sha1: Use mozilla-sha1 copyright and license information

2009/8/24 Nicolas Pitre [off-list ref]:

The Mozilla SHA1 is already removed from the tree in "next", and
block-sha1/sha1.c header modified accordingly.

As there is nothing remaining from the Mozilla SHA1 code, I don't think
copying that Mozilla License block verbatim is appropriate.  As Linus
has put it himself, the Mozilla SHA1 code was more inspirational than
anything else.

And even if some license claim could be made, the MPL section was
deleted anyway (as explicitly allowed), meaning that only the GPL (by
vertu of being included in a GPL project) would then apply.

A question was recently sent to all contributors (see the mail
archive) to determine if they
would agree
to a relicensing of that code to make wider license compatibility.
George Spelvin even rewrote that code as well with the goal of
putting his version in the public domain.  No definitive conclusion
emerged so far though.

Therefore I don't think this patch is appropriate.

Agreed. I just didn't look into next.

Ulrik