From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joshua Juran Subject: Re: Gitbox Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:24:11 -0700 Message-ID: <5F5479DB-511E-4ADC-8B71-5D7C801ECEAF@gmail.com> References: <1302721187.21900.4.camel@drew-northup.unet.maine.edu> <1E5D7DCE-B3B3-4CC7-8F40-4ED48E76907D@gmail.com> <1302722214.22161.5.camel@drew-northup.unet.maine.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Daniel Searles , git@vger.kernel.org, oleganza@gmail.com To: Drew Northup X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Apr 13 21:24:22 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QA5fo-0002vc-C8 for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:24:20 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757757Ab1DMTYQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:24:16 -0400 Received: from mail-iy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.210.174]:61153 "EHLO mail-iy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757408Ab1DMTYP (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:24:15 -0400 Received: by iyb14 with SMTP id 14so822400iyb.19 for ; Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:24:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :x-mailer; bh=L5iBfZYAwpYKKrHIY6BMRE15OS76BtDfCewAxiZlFuA=; b=Ug2Nu5HriwQ95zMfZCZoj/x8QSF99PT6BLh5Qq8rwJnPn87CbfNMvLgOTJ4XRCN4yr 8VM+82GAfDuLCo8xoE6KBrjxkBMw9J9hXciJntcdIQG7XBWpYjjPAnxlH4uy2KqPH0bW H4WEFGGoFTwUxMgyYS1bPBRhdr5IuAx3I7vrY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :x-mailer; b=uE7TiYgTFEq/v8Z5qH2jepkeqQyqoUwz5KkxrFwc0YX5Z8ZHDSRIhAHhZ7Gudt1KJw bP4ecpj3rz8/STltuSbzjLyChT4oILU05TpwVdapIfkYEiV8A1cWdAGDElt3iDE4vxYG tVuFW7Cc9Qn15eW614gXG62zuqWYS5lfYAOrM= Received: by 10.42.147.3 with SMTP id l3mr13019558icv.353.1302722654678; Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:24:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zaphod.jjuran.dyndns.org (c-71-227-175-60.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [71.227.175.60]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 19sm621204ibx.18.2011.04.13.12.24.12 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:24:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1302722214.22161.5.camel@drew-northup.unet.maine.edu> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Apr 13, 2011, at 12:16 PM, Drew Northup wrote: > On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 12:09 -0700, Joshua Juran wrote: > >> On Apr 13, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Drew Northup wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 11:16 -0700, Daniel Searles wrote: >> >>> >>>> I'm curious if Gitbox is in violation of the Git's GPL. >>>> http://www.gitboxapp.com/ >>> >>> Well, it appears that he may have implemented "git" on his own, or >>> at >>> the very least he's trying to imply that he did. >>> >>> http://www.gitboxapp.com/faq.html#gpl >> >> He very clearly says that he ships Git, not a reimplementation. > > He also clearly stated that he's not calling git command-line tools... I wonder why he would ship them, then. > "Gitbox neither links (statically or dynamically) against Git nor uses > custom interfaces to interact with it. Git binaries are provided for > your convenience only." Calling execve() is not dynamic linking, that I'm aware of. > I'm hoping he'll have a more complete statement for all of us. I think you've misinterpreted his words, but I agree that a clarification to set minds at ease would be appropriate. Josh