On Tue, Oct 27, 2020, at 22:44, Justin Mclean wrote: > Hi, > > > I was about to edit a file and saw it was BSD licensed with Copyright to > > company and author which does not to appear to be an active commiter. What > > is the procedure to start asking for ICLAs/SGAs? Should I just email the > > author? > > Depends on a few things: > - Do you want to relicense as ALv2 or not?
Well, I suppose any new contribution should always be in ALv2, so yes. > - How many other files do we hav from this author? Just tree files in nRF52 arch. But I'm asking in general as well, for some other case where there are many files from the author/company. > > In the meantime, if I need to move code from a file to a new file (split > > implementation) with BSD header, what header should appear on the new file? > > It should stay under the original BSD license. Ok, I will just copy the header for now. > > Thanks, > Justin What about the procedure to request ICLA/SGAs? Best, Matias
