{"thread":{"id":"40772","subject":"Apple Xcode Asserts Control Over Git - License Violation?","startedAt":"2015-11-11T14:30:04Z","lastAt":"2015-11-11T14:44:36Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["ARaybould","Matthieu Moy"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"273191","messageId":"B28E3F82-E5BD-4B6A-A28D-CEA54774E8D9@skymion.com","threadId":"40772","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Apple Xcode Asserts Control Over Git - License Violation?","fromName":"ARaybould","fromEmail":"araybould@skymion.com","sentAt":"2015-11-11T14:30:04Z","receivedAt":"2015-11-11T14:30:04Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"araybould@skymion.com","avatar":null},"body":"I recently installed Xcode 7.1.1 on my Mac. While this was underway, I continued to work on an unrelated project, until I found I could not use git from the command-line. Instead, I got this message:\n\nAgreeing to the Xcode/iOS license requires admin privileges, please re-run as root via sudo.\n\nIs Apple in violation of git’s license by imposing this restriction?\n"},{"id":"273194","messageId":"vpqvb98vbmz.fsf@anie.imag.fr","threadId":"40772","inReplyTo":"B28E3F82-E5BD-4B6A-A28D-CEA54774E8D9@skymion.com","subject":"Re: Apple Xcode Asserts Control Over Git - License Violation?","fromName":"Matthieu Moy","fromEmail":"matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr","sentAt":"2015-11-11T14:44:36Z","receivedAt":"2015-11-11T14:44:36Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/72c8a2705971a25dfaff23cece15130d405685845d911aedd5667ace277f3fc5?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"ARaybould <araybould@skymion.com> writes:\n\n> I recently installed Xcode 7.1.1 on my Mac. While this was underway, I\n> continued to work on an unrelated project, until I found I could not\n> use git from the command-line. Instead, I got this message:\n>\n> Agreeing to the Xcode/iOS license requires admin privileges, please re-run as root via sudo.\n>\n> Is Apple in violation of git’s license by imposing this restriction?\n\nAFAICT, no, see explanations here:\n\nhttp://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/254890\n\nor search \"apple git gpl license violation\" in your favorite search\nengine.\n\n-- \nMatthieu Moy\nhttp://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/\n"}]}