From: "Johannes Schindelin" <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 8:16 AM
Hi Philip,
On Wed, 27 Jan 2016, Philip Oakley wrote:
From: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
> Jonathan Smith <Jonathan.Smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > It's pretty clear that code stored in a Git repository isn't
> > considered a derived work of Git, regardless of whether it is used
> > in a commercial context or otherwise.
I'm guessing here, but I suspect that while its 'pretty clear' to
Jonathan,
that he has met others who aren't so clear or trusting, and it's that
distrustful community that would need convincing.
It is not so much distrust as something you could take to court, I guess,
because an *authoritative* answer was asked for. Now, the question is a
legal one, so it is pretty clear (;-)) to me that only a lawyer could give
that answer.
Having said that, I know of plenty of companies storing their proprietary
code in Git repositories, and I would guess that they cleared that with
their lawyers first.
I've had a look though the various FAQs and other discussions about the
GPL and the FUD associated with it.
I've put together an outline of a patch to the git(1) man page, with commit
message to explain the issues (the lawyers need pointing in the right
direction
so they can think clearly, rather than give the usual 'No' answer ;-)
Having it in $gmane at least captures the rationale, even if the patch goes
nowhere.
Jonathan, please do not take that as any indication that I try to give
this answer: if you want an authoritative answer to your question, you
really need to consider asking a lawyer.
Ciao,
Dscho
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