From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] README: Git is released under the GPLv2, not just "the GPL" Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:39:30 -0800 Message-ID: <7vhannrtot.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <966a27bab02e7deb41ad2268800bfd4a53279a8f.1355499408.git.stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> <7vhanntchw.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <7v38z7tb7q.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <50CCCE0A.40305@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Stefano Lattarini X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Dec 15 20:39:54 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 1TjxaQ-00044M-Og for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:39:51 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751443Ab2LOTje (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:39:34 -0500 Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:54117 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751093Ab2LOTjd (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:39:33 -0500 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EECD68D1E; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:39:32 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=0VZRQiJ3EnZEksnO+8EZLil0QAk=; b=ZY9pCM YQjE/42k7Ze+nUS2li7olZQ3HriEFFdY9Ol9y5uDZis+2rkhlVhvFtV69Q/21L/6 uPIjXpUBQp5oADkGf/LeDI8OxOzOS9gUzgeWupSqICsFmUl5At5UykeNyfbgUMva +O4OT6ZH7CusNiNSJn96RDEihyb592/EXLt3w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=T004fMlYRVWK8XLyQO2YwK4bcGVKWIo/ GeFJJtkVIGjV73gOQYGxlrhykO22ZLs2ambrjjUAYwN7pL4MCXB2nhysUuflUMhO RP6QhsZuz9VKomvKNRPIK9CokwbbOS8udVPEHCD1agvMIwnhuyfLJhBMbaTmvr/M 12cYIKBhdCc= Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC5B98D1C; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:39:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [98.234.214.94]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 55BE58D1B; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:39:32 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <50CCCE0A.40305@gmail.com> (Stefano Lattarini's message of "Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:22:50 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 2605F22C-46EF-11E2-B973-F0CE2E706CDE-77302942!b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Stefano Lattarini writes: > On 12/15/2012 07:35 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> ... >> -Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License. >> +Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public >> +License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses). >> > Maybe you could be even more explicit ans state "some parts of it are > under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2". But maybe this > is just overkill? I personally do not think it is an overkill; because this "clarify that we are version 2", followed by "not everything is, but as a whole it is still GPLv2" is in the end about covering our ass, it is better to be as clear as possible without making it into a novel.