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From: Charles Bailey <charles@hashpling.org>
To: Robert P Fischer <rpf2116@columbia.edu>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Apple violating git LGPL?
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 19:36:35 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140806183635.GA19596@hashpling.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC_jL3wO9jkE4HapvJjn-4uW4RtSxubFthrxzQJ87EQ4Gq-9Ug@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 02:10:08PM -0400, Robert P Fischer wrote:
> 
> 3. The version of git I ran is clearly NOT a plain vanilla "official"
> git, it is a derivative work.  Has Apple provided the source code of
> the special version that I just ran?  If not, that would seem to be a
> violation of the LGPL.

I found the source code of Apple's Git builds here:

http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/Git/

Mine happens to be Git-48. I'm not sure how to tell what version you
have if it is prompting you to accept a licence first.

Charles.

  reply	other threads:[~2014-08-06 18:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-06 18:10 Apple violating git LGPL? Robert P Fischer
2014-08-06 18:36 ` Charles Bailey [this message]
2014-08-06 18:43 ` Jeff King
2014-08-06 19:53   ` Bruce Ferrell
2014-08-06 20:51     ` Jeff King
2014-08-06 20:23   ` Tony
2014-08-06 20:41     ` Jeff King

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