[Box Backup] Exclude lists

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Ben,

> Yes. It's to reduce operator error by forcing you to choose the type of 
> object you want to exclude. Exclusions of directories via regex cannot 
> accidently match files.

OK, I see where the difference is now, sorry.

> As I understand it, I can release the source under as many licenses as I 
> want. So the existence of a GPL version would not restrict my ability to 
> release it under a BSD license. However, it would stop me from incorporating 
> changes from the GPL version into the BSD version, which could lead to a 
> situation where there is the choice of either forking the project or forcing 
> me to choose a different license for the entire project.

I was hoping that it wouldn't be necessary to relicense or issue a new 
license for the Box source, since as far as I can tell, the BSD license is 
(almost) a superset of the GPL. I am happy to add any extra conditions 
that you like to the GPL in order to make my code legal to link against 
yours. Alternatively, your express permission to redistribute the code in 
a GPL application and a GPL'ed source package would be enough (for me).

> It might be easier for everyone if the first stage of your build process 
> extracted the necessary files from a normal unmodified release?

I could do that, but I think it would be a pain for automated build 
processes. I hope that we can come to an agreement that allows me to 
distribute the GPL'ed Boxi code and your Box code in the same package.

> Getting that far means you've solved most of the problems you will face.

Thanks, I hope so, it's been a long and hard struggle to get this far :-)

> Thanks for writing a supporting project.

You're welcome, thanks again for writing Box :-)

Cheers, Chris.
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