On Apr 13, 2011, at 7:28 PM, Chris Perkins wrote:
You can't make commercial works based on GPL licensed software.
Without
Git there is no Gitbox. End of story.
I'm not a lawyer, were I then perhaps I'd know solidly one way or
other.
Or, you could consult a lawyer. Or you could see what Git authors and/
or the FSF think about it.
But I will add this, some on our team would very much like to
incorporate Git into one of our own upcoming commercial products.
I imagine some of your users would like that as well.
Code-wise in the same manner as Gitbox has done.
As well as ProjectBuilder/Xcode. The same company that released their
Objective-C compiler front end to GCC under the GPL, demonstrating
Steve Jobs' willingness to comply with RMS' interpretation of the GPL,
also created their own proprietary GUI front end to GCC tools.
ProjectBuilder/Xcode has existed for over two decades, and to my
knowledge no objection has been lodged. Clearly, there is a critical
difference between linking and invoking.
But we aren't going to
do this, because the GPL license for Git clearly states that we
cannot.
Then you may lose some of your users to competitors who more
accurately interpret the GPL and are clear what rights they've been
granted.
Josh
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