From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Ericsson Subject: Re: Who is the 'git' vendor? Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:52:44 +0200 Message-ID: <5088FDDC.20404@op5.se> References: <8F7A9DADB4F4064EB938B0D3EBB63FDC208A5A34@PBNEMBMSX4120.int.Corp.sun> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "'git@vger.kernel.org'" , "'Thor Home (thorlp@hotkey.net.au)'" To: "PROHASKA, Thor" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Oct 25 10:53:08 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TRJBX-00070w-FL for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:53:03 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934643Ab2JYIwv (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:52:51 -0400 Received: from mail-la0-f46.google.com ([209.85.215.46]:51941 "EHLO mail-la0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933482Ab2JYIwt (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:52:49 -0400 Received: by mail-la0-f46.google.com with SMTP id h6so1146347lag.19 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:52:47 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :x-gm-message-state; bh=kI1/v5ddUzAspy561TOJXNifA3GIpU1L8xvkLbX9RqM=; b=h/skgv3p6b0UGztPPyWXGMwlzn9KwfdaqTIPRf6qFLMk13xZQ4zgWM8J71bjPP/BZL hAANeIcZIWXiJsI4gBnGvZMhF3v6JUc26v7nCTTo3wPSYj3YxRqdu/zM4nxYSLYEeXlY uOe7pbf4+FLWJ8hhwzWBmuxE0fcGbUaB3kBv1q5qTFYHCorS6npn2xDUfQ6sBcE3QHn+ 2KIZt+MXLysi3qN4AuvKvYBttxh9UwRd6R2vNT/f3dYHP9fH9I21C+WmtpjBr61V3+Ic o8+HlDwUwekONmCwZltYG3LbLjpM47lia185y5Z2F9Gu0o3SQ2dUkWlbqfZcrmz/HHhu KklA== Received: by 10.112.25.161 with SMTP id d1mr7433609lbg.118.1351155167741; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:52:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vix.int.op5.se (c80-217-218-226.bredband.comhem.se. [80.217.218.226]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g5sm5662628lbk.7.2012.10.25.01.52.45 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:52:46 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121016 Thunderbird/16.0.1 In-Reply-To: <8F7A9DADB4F4064EB938B0D3EBB63FDC208A5A34@PBNEMBMSX4120.int.Corp.sun> X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnp82UTwRSw+mTnQ5tpM/ayW68aC3dDjtkhjZVQG6ARkcOLhGNB/t1yozabBjaH42QXBFQe Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On 10/25/2012 08:43 AM, PROHASKA, Thor wrote: > Hi, > > The organisation I am currently working for uses 'git'. > > In order to manage all the software used in the organisation we have > been compiling a list of software that includes the software Vendor's > name. > > My colleague has listed the vendor of git as being the 'Software > Freedom Conservancy'. Can you please advise me if this is correct? If > not, who should the vendor be identified as? > Most likely, you'll want to put "git@vger.kernel.org" as vendor for git, as the whole vendor concept doesn't really fly with FOSS. There's noone to go to if it breaks your systems, and unless you purchase a support contract from somewhere there's noone to turn to except the (excellent) git community in case you have issues with it. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war on peace.