From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail•com>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] README: Git is released under the GPLv2, not just "the GPL"
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 10:07:55 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7vhanntchw.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <966a27bab02e7deb41ad2268800bfd4a53279a8f.1355499408.git.stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> (Stefano Lattarini's message of "Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:37:47 +0100")
Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail•com> writes:
> And this is clearly stressed by Linus in the COPYING file. So make it
> clear in the README as well, to avoid possible misunderstandings.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail•com>
> ---
I have nothing against this patch, but I am curious if you saw any
misunderstandings in the real world, or if you are merely trying to
avoid "possible" ones.
> README | 7 ++++---
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/README b/README
> index d2690ec..c50e6f4 100644
> --- a/README
> +++ b/README
> @@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
> unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
> and full access to internals.
>
> -Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License.
> -It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of
> -hackers around the net. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano.
> +Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License
> +(version 2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help
> +of a group of hackers around the net. It is currently maintained by
> +Junio C Hamano.
>
> Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-15 18:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-14 15:37 [PATCH] README: Git is released under the GPLv2, not just "the GPL" Stefano Lattarini
2012-12-15 18:07 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2012-12-15 18:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-15 19:22 ` Stefano Lattarini
2012-12-15 19:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-15 19:58 ` Stefano Lattarini
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