Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B5576B30 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2017 21:53:54 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from esa6.dlapiper.iphmx.com (esa6.dlapiper.iphmx.com [68.232.143.147]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 00F294AE for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2017 21:53:53 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.42,437,1500955200"; d="scan'208,217";a="50434965" Received: from iron.dlapiper.com ([206.205.117.25]) by esa6.dlapiper.iphmx.com with ESMTP/TLS/RC4-SHA; 25 Sep 2017 18:05:32 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="5700,7163,8665"; a="178238072" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.42,437,1500955200"; d="scan'208,217";a="178238072" Received: from sandhub02v.piper.root.local ([10.53.5.212]) by iron.dlapiper.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 25 Sep 2017 17:53:41 -0400 Received: from SANDMBX01V.Piper.Root.Local ([fe80::48c2:404:feab:1d84]) by sandhub02v ([10.53.5.212]) with mapi id 14.03.0339.000; Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:53:41 -0700 From: "Radcliffe, Mark" To: "bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" Thread-Topic: Bitcoin Assistance Thread-Index: AdM2SLtx3RDM/TCrR6WsgY0QoQgPnQ== Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 21:53:40 +0000 Message-ID: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.53.232.230] Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_E682AA2FC88ADD4589420BFC6BE3A92141FC460FSANDMBX01vpiper_" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=disabled version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:51:27 +0000 Cc: "Roay, Leslie" Subject: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin Assistance X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 21:53:54 -0000 --_000_E682AA2FC88ADD4589420BFC6BE3A92141FC460FSANDMBX01vpiper_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My apologies if this post has been answered, but I am new to the list. I am= lawyer trying to understand the licensing of the Bitcoin core and I will = be presenting in a webinar with Black Duck Software on Blockchain on Septem= ber 28 (in case you are not familiar with them, Black Duck Software assist= s companies in managing their open source software resources). They have sc= anned the Bitcoin Core code for the open source licenses used in the codeba= se. I am enclosing a summary of the findings. I would be interested in com= municating with the individuals who manage this codebase and can provide in= sight about the project manages contributions because the codebase includes= projects with inconsistent licenses (for example, code licensed under the = Apache Software License version 2 and GPLv2 cannot work together in some s= ituations). Thanks in advance. According to the scan, the code base includes code licensed under the follo= wing licenses: Apache License 2.0 Boost Software License 1.0 BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Expat License GNU General Public License v2.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later License for A fast alternative to the modulo reduction License for atomic by Timm Kosse MIT License Public Domain University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License Mark Radcliffe Partner T +1 650.833.2266 F +1 650.687.1222 M +1 650.521.5039 E mark.radcliffe@dlapiper.com [DLA Piper Logo] DLA Piper LLP (US) 2000 University Avenue East Palo Alto, California 94303-2215 United States www.dlapiper.com Please consider the environment before printing this email. The information contained in this email may be confidential and/or legally = privileged. It has been sent for the sole use of the intended recipient(s).= If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient, you are hereby= notified that any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, dis= tribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, is str= ictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please = reply to the sender and destroy all copies of the message. To contact us di= rectly, send to postmaster@dlapiper.com. Thank you. --_000_E682AA2FC88ADD4589420BFC6BE3A92141FC460FSANDMBX01vpiper_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

My apologies if this post h= as been answered, but I am new to the list. I am lawyer trying to understan= d the licensing of the Bitcoin core and I  will be presenting in a webinar with Black Duck Software on Blockchain on September 28  = (in case you are not familiar with them, Black Duck Software assists compan= ies in managing their open source software resources). They have scanned th= e Bitcoin Core code for the open source licenses used in the codebase.  I am enclosing a summary of the findi= ngs. I would be interested in communicating with the individuals who manage= this codebase and can provide insight about the project manages contributi= ons because the codebase includes projects with inconsistent licenses (for example, code licensed under the Apache So= ftware License version  2 and GPLv2 cannot work together in some situa= tions). Thanks in advance.

 

According to the scan, the = code base includes code licensed under the following licenses:

 

= Apache License 2.0

= Boost Software License 1.0

= BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License

= BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License

= Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0

= Expat License

= GNU General Public License v2.0 or later

= GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

= GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later

= License for A fast alternative to the modulo reduction

= License for atomic by Timm Kosse

= MIT License

= Public Domain

= University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License

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