{"thread":{"id":"45186","subject":"Partnership with Git","startedAt":"2017-02-21T11:38:02Z","lastAt":"2017-02-22T09:07:21Z","messageCount":6,"participants":["Nikita Malikov","Konstantin Khomoutov","Dov Grobgeld","Junio C Hamano"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"312197","messageId":"02FFA5DBB1C64A8DA1BF45F11EBF9930@datasoft.local","threadId":"45186","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Partnership with Git","fromName":"Nikita Malikov","fromEmail":"nikitam@devart.com","sentAt":"2017-02-21T11:21:38Z","receivedAt":"2017-02-21T11:38:02Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"nikitam@devart.com","avatar":null},"body":"\nHello,\n\nMy name is Nikita and I'm from Devart https://www.devart.com/.\nI would like to contact someone from executive staff of Git. I would be very \nthankful for some information how to do this or if someone contacts me.\n\nThanks for attention and sorry if I disturbed someone.\n\nBest regards\nNikita Malikov \n\n\n\n"},{"id":"312198","messageId":"20170221152216.be2b8401f65650bf766cdd8d@domain007.com","threadId":"45186","inReplyTo":"02FFA5DBB1C64A8DA1BF45F11EBF9930@datasoft.local","subject":"Re: Partnership with Git","fromName":"Konstantin Khomoutov","fromEmail":"kostix+git@007spb.ru","sentAt":"2017-02-21T12:22:16Z","receivedAt":"2017-02-21T12:22:26Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"kostix+git@007spb.ru","avatar":null},"body":"On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:21:38 +0200\n\"Nikita Malikov\" wrote:\n\n> My name is Nikita and I'm from Devart https://www.devart.com/.\n> I would like to contact someone from executive staff of Git. I would\n> be very thankful for some information how to do this or if someone\n> contacts me.\n\nGit is a free software volunteer project and as such, it has no\n\"executive staff\" in the sense enterprises put into it.\n\nCan you maybe state your actual goals please?\n\nSay, if you're looking for commercial support, we could possibly\nsuggests a couple of pointers.\n"},{"id":"312201","messageId":"D0D8D50D4A2E47568029FE8BC52C3DC4@datasoft.local","threadId":"45186","inReplyTo":"20170221152216.be2b8401f65650bf766cdd8d@domain007.com","subject":"Re: Partnership with Git","fromName":"Nikita Malikov","fromEmail":"nikitam@devart.com","sentAt":"2017-02-21T14:08:54Z","receivedAt":"2017-02-21T14:09:40Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"nikitam@devart.com","avatar":null},"body":"\nKonstantin,\n\nMy goal is to establish partnership relations with Git because some of \nDevart's products support Git version control system (for example dbForge \nStudio for SQL Server https://www.devart.com/dbforge/sql/studio/).\nMy team and I would be glad to come up with cross-marketing activities \nbetween Devart and Git. We think that some users of our development products \nwould be interested to switch to Git version control system.\n\nBest regards\nNikita Malikov\n\n--------------------------------------------------\nFrom: \"Konstantin Khomoutov\" \nSent: 21 February, 2017 14:22\nTo: \"Nikita Malikov\" \nCc: \nSubject: Re: Partnership with Git\n\n> On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:21:38 +0200\n> \"Nikita Malikov\" wrote:\n>\n>> My name is Nikita and I'm from Devart https://www.devart.com/.\n>> I would like to contact someone from executive staff of Git. I would\n>> be very thankful for some information how to do this or if someone\n>> contacts me.\n>\n> Git is a free software volunteer project and as such, it has no\n> \"executive staff\" in the sense enterprises put into it.\n>\n> Can you maybe state your actual goals please?\n>\n> Say, if you're looking for commercial support, we could possibly\n> suggests a couple of pointers.\n>\n> \n\n\n"},{"id":"312202","messageId":"CA++fsGEvYPeP1UYniHF7OnowTH8-UeH3Kwe2KqaYMRouWVzEbg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"45186","inReplyTo":"D0D8D50D4A2E47568029FE8BC52C3DC4@datasoft.local","subject":"Re: Partnership with Git","fromName":"Dov Grobgeld","fromEmail":"dov.grobgeld@gmail.com","sentAt":"2017-02-21T15:04:21Z","receivedAt":"2017-02-21T15:04:27Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"dov.grobgeld@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/b74b57a9ce04ef5f356927856e125f1e70e7ce38772c5b8793b854b830f0fe6c?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Nikita,\n\nAs git is free software, you are free to use it in any way you see fit, as\nlong as you adhere to its licensing terms, and to the copyright\nrestrictions on using the term \"git\". Thus there is no need to ask\npermission and there does not on the git side exist any entity interested\nin \"cross marketing activities\". If your want to use git in your products,\nyou are free to do so without asking, and if you need technical advice for\nhow to go about integrating git in your products, you can either ask here,\non stackoverflow, (and probably lots of other places) or hire a consultant\nthat can help you.\n\nHope this helps,\nDov\n\nOn Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Nikita Malikov wrote:\n>\n> Konstantin,\n>\n> My goal is to establish partnership relations with Git because some of\n> Devart's products support Git version control system (for example dbForge\n> Studio for SQL Server https://www.devart.com/dbforge/sql/studio/).\n> My team and I would be glad to come up with cross-marketing activities\n> between Devart and Git. We think that some users of our development products\n> would be interested to switch to Git version control system.\n>\n> Best regards\n> Nikita Malikov\n>\n> --------------------------------------------------\n> From: \"Konstantin Khomoutov\" \n> Sent: 21 February, 2017 14:22\n> To: \"Nikita Malikov\" \n> Cc: \n> Subject: Re: Partnership with Git\n>\n>\n>> On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:21:38 +0200\n>> \"Nikita Malikov\" wrote:\n>>\n>>> My name is Nikita and I'm from Devart https://www.devart.com/.\n>>> I would like to contact someone from executive staff of Git. I would\n>>> be very thankful for some information how to do this or if someone\n>>> contacts me.\n>>\n>>\n>> Git is a free software volunteer project and as such, it has no\n>> \"executive staff\" in the sense enterprises put into it.\n>>\n>> Can you maybe state your actual goals please?\n>>\n>> Say, if you're looking for commercial support, we could possibly\n>> suggests a couple of pointers.\n>>\n>>\n>\n>\n"},{"id":"312214","messageId":"xmqqy3wzfjrq.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com","threadId":"45186","inReplyTo":"CA++fsGEvYPeP1UYniHF7OnowTH8-UeH3Kwe2KqaYMRouWVzEbg@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Partnership with Git","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2017-02-21T19:04:09Z","receivedAt":"2017-02-21T19:05:28Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Dov Grobgeld writes:\n\n> As git is free software, you are free to use it in any way you see fit, as\n> long as you adhere to its licensing terms, and to the copyright\n> restrictions on using the term \"git\". Thus there is no need to ask\n> permission and there does not on the git side exist any entity interested\n> in \"cross marketing activities\".\n\ns/copyright/trademark/. \n\nAs one of Software Freedom Conservancy projects, I suspect that the\nGit PLC git@sfconservancy.org may be the closest to such \"entity\"\nthat represents open source Git community's interest to the outside\nworld with help from lawyers.\n\nNot that I think Git PLC is interested in such a cross marketting\narrangement, but if Devart wants to advertise on their webpage\nsaying \"we support Git by making contributions to SFC\" or something\nlike that, they are the people to talk to.\n"},{"id":"312274","messageId":"0395A5E73B8742C9993482F719DE160A@datasoft.local","threadId":"45186","inReplyTo":"xmqqy3wzfjrq.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com","subject":"Re: Partnership with Git","fromName":"Nikita Malikov","fromEmail":"nikitam@devart.com","sentAt":"2017-02-22T09:06:30Z","receivedAt":"2017-02-22T09:07:21Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"nikitam@devart.com","avatar":null},"body":"Dov, Junio, Konstantin\n\nThank you for answering. Your information helped me!\n\n\nAnd thank you Git Community for so quick and clear replies. We wish you all \nthe best from Devart team =)\n\nBest regards\nNikita Malikov\n\n\nBest regards\nNikita Malikov\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------\nFrom: \"Junio C Hamano\" \nSent: 21 February, 2017 21:04\nTo: \"Dov Grobgeld\" \nCc: \"Nikita Malikov\" ; \"Konstantin Khomoutov\" \n; \nSubject: Re: Partnership with Git\n\n> Dov Grobgeld writes:\n>\n>> As git is free software, you are free to use it in any way you see fit, \n>> as\n>> long as you adhere to its licensing terms, and to the copyright\n>> restrictions on using the term \"git\". Thus there is no need to ask\n>> permission and there does not on the git side exist any entity interested\n>> in \"cross marketing activities\".\n>\n> s/copyright/trademark/.\n>\n> As one of Software Freedom Conservancy projects, I suspect that the\n> Git PLC git@sfconservancy.org may be the closest to such \"entity\"\n> that represents open source Git community's interest to the outside\n> world with help from lawyers.\n>\n> Not that I think Git PLC is interested in such a cross marketting\n> arrangement, but if Devart wants to advertise on their webpage\n> saying \"we support Git by making contributions to SFC\" or something\n> like that, they are the people to talk to.\n> \n\n\n"}]}