David Kastrup wrote: > and contrib. The README file states > > Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public > License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, > compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus > Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net. > > without mentioning _which_ parts are under different licenses. Okay, how about this patch? diff --git i/README w/README index 15a8e23..6745db5 100644 --- i/README +++ w/README @@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ and full access to internals. Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, -compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus -Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net. +compatible with the GPLv2, and have notices to that effect). It was +originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers +around the net. Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html