any way to re-release git's block sha1 implementation under a different license?

Hi,

I am reaching out because in my personal project (
https://github.com/liuliu/ccv
), I used the block sha1 implementation (
https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/block-sha1/sha1.c) in git. It is a
fast, generalized and standalone implementation, however, since it is a
part of git, it is under GPL license. Is there any possibilities for the
original author/authors to release this particular piece of code under BSD
/ MIT or Apache license? Thanks!

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Liu Liu
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-----Original Message-----
From: Liu Liu
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 2:52 AM

Hi,

I am reaching out because in my personal project (
https://github.com/liuliu/ccv
), I used the block sha1 implementation (
https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/block-sha1/sha1.c) in git. It is
a
fast, generalized and standalone implementation, however, since it is a
part of git, it is under GPL license. Is there any possibilities for
the
original author/authors to release this particular piece of code under
BSD
/ MIT or Apache license? Thanks!

Worse comes to worse, use the Mozilla code it was based on. Assumption is that the original code was under the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Public_License

-Jason