[www] r329506 - Add the current draft of the Apache 2 + LLVM Exception license, for reference.
Rafael Avila de Espindola via llvm-commits
llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Sat Apr 7 10:55:59 PDT 2018
BTW,
No one has explained why a contributor agreement would not work. It has
only been stated that it would be inconvenient for developers, which I
don't find sufficient to justify a license change.
Cheers,
Rafael
Chris Lattner via llvm-commits <llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org> writes:
> Author: lattner
> Date: Sat Apr 7 10:27:45 2018
> New Revision: 329506
>
> URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=329506&view=rev
> Log:
> Add the current draft of the Apache 2 + LLVM Exception license, for reference.
> Nothing has changed here in months, just capturing it online.
>
> Added:
> www/trunk/foundation/relicensing/
> www/trunk/foundation/relicensing/LICENSE.txt
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> Added: www/trunk/foundation/relicensing/LICENSE.txt
> URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/www/trunk/foundation/relicensing/LICENSE.txt?rev=329506&view=auto
> ==============================================================================
> --- www/trunk/foundation/relicensing/LICENSE.txt (added)
> +++ www/trunk/foundation/relicensing/LICENSE.txt Sat Apr 7 10:27:45 2018
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