From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin Langhoff Subject: Re: Gitbox Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:55:47 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4238CC86-13A5-4DB8-B8B2-BC3AA2F2DA5E@gmail.com> <4DA654D4.5040104@medialab.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Joshua Juran , Daniel Searles , "Randal L. Schwartz" , Drew Northup , oleganza@gmail.com, Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org, Daniel Searles To: Chris Perkins X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Apr 14 15:56:15 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 1QAN1q-0002Up-OP for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:56:15 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758029Ab1DNN4J convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:56:09 -0400 Received: from mail-gy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.160.174]:39945 "EHLO mail-gy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757881Ab1DNN4I convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:56:08 -0400 Received: by gyd10 with SMTP id 10so446851gyd.19 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:56:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0n4G6LFuSJO1492MSSTm2csIqQh3eRUjhtqPra4SUTc=; b=CqwIrln1T9Get4lRK5EGZuW+0iEyKHDcFKbRyzQYIzxhFs757mMxaEwqWsF4K9zsjp obVQvnHN2k9TR4X0sVeakCz0nYBVymITK/P39L2pM5fdGAT7MtN1tCu1WZLZk5RVE5HZ mLAzoLqffY8RyxC/AypIk2dLahyQcxXu9Z270= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SWmjRmMmK/BUUPqW+J4DQUlKG/gofS9kpGOK7Fid0zj0YQVzilxtWNKsShw47MBZmt +cecylTBWdgE988y3UsT59riXzYPff2fBulGf0l6doQnqX7RrqShQMId6teMBw5paLHG 3kV13Fb1hDay9zxprzPJOeccLbfDJDyndK8rI= Received: by 10.91.69.28 with SMTP id w28mr1633472agk.143.1302789367102; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:56:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.103.9 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:55:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4DA654D4.5040104@medialab.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Chris Perkins = wrote: > Let's look at this at a slighty different way. Let's say someone writ= es > a GUI wrapper for Git, bundles it with Git, and then offers for sale = a > new proprietary SVC system. They list off all the wonderful features > that it has. =A0On the back page of their website is a small 'License= s' > disclosure and the source code to Git comes with the download buried = in > a subdirectory. =A0None of the users realize the software is using Gi= t. > > Is that a violation of the GPL? I would say that it absolutely is. It absolutely is not. Lots of companies do this, and it is perfectly kosher -- either bundle the src somewhere or offer a link to download the source somewhere. While IANAL, and specifically not _your_ lawyer, I have been in this field for >10 years, and studied law @ masters level on software licensing. You are reading the GPL wrong, and you're not aware of widespread industry practices around it. Anyone who is curious about this gitbox thing, and interested in *facts* instead of fiction, could advance our knowledge with a simple procedure: - Download the "free" version (or payfor the paid version!). It's a zipfile, no need to hurt any Macs. - See if it includes the src or a link to download the src -- it will probably be in a corner of the documentation or license. Maybe there's an offer to provide the src in a different way, but a download link is the usual trick. - Does the link work? Can you effectively get the src? - Does the src match the binaries you got? cheers, m --=20 =A0martin.langhoff@gmail.com =A0martin@laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC =A0- ask interesting questions =A0- don't get distracted with shiny stuff=A0 - working code first =A0- http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff