From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
To: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Cc: Arijit Banerjee <arijit@effectiveailabs.com>,
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Arijit Banerjee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@fastmail.com>,
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>,
Arijit Banerjee <arijit91@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] index-pack: speed up promisor link recording
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:55:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ldaonhu4.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <am_hWvag32v8yuNM@fruit.crustytoothpaste.net>
"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
> If Company X includes LLM-generated code in their proprietary product
> and it's found to be infringing in say, Germany, then they can simply
> not distribute their code in Germany. Git cannot do that: it's
> distributed in Linux distributions around the planet, even in countries
> subject to sanctions, such as Russia[0]. We must comply with the
> license and the law everywhere in every country or we risk liability for
> our contributors and distributors. I, for one, am not willing to be
> sued over this project and the project does not have the financial means
> to deal with extensive litigation.
I generally agree. But some countries have more respected legal systems
than others, to put it mildly. I certainly hope that being extradited to
one of the sanctioned countries isn't too large of a concern.
Collin
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-03 0:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-02 21:33 [PATCH] index-pack: speed up promisor link recording Arijit Banerjee via GitGitGadget
2026-08-02 21:51 ` brian m. carlson
2026-08-02 22:20 ` Arijit Banerjee
[not found] ` <CAFwoC-7wUzce_XvuviXZe=5eTxJ5yyCpz=vsOheWKPCnz9Kr4A@mail.gmail.com>
2026-08-02 22:32 ` brian m. carlson
2026-08-02 22:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-08-02 23:19 ` Arijit Banerjee
2026-08-02 22:46 ` Junio C Hamano
[not found] ` <CAFwoC-6EvoD-u7oceETi90MJ-FQA2zihdkn1i1wckKfoYRTKOw@mail.gmail.com>
2026-08-03 0:31 ` brian m. carlson
2026-08-03 0:55 ` Collin Funk [this message]
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