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Re: [PATCH] clone: Warn if clone lacks LICENSE or COPYING file

From
Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker.net>
Date
Mar 21, 2015, 20:21 UTC
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<1426969262.3756.1.camel@kaarsemaker.net>
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On za, 2015-03-21 at 14:06 -0400, David A. Wheeler wrote:
> Warn cloners if there is no LICENSE* or COPYING* file that makes
> the license clear.  This is a useful warning, because if there is
> no license somewhere, then local copyright laws (which forbid many uses)
> and terms of service apply - and the cloner may not be expecting that.

Please no, especially not without an option to switch this off. Git is not only used in open source settings, this would be highly annoying at $work, where no repo has (or needs) such a file.

-- 
Dennis Kaarsemaker
www.kaarsemaker.net
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  1. clone: Warn if clone lacks LICENSE or COPYING fileDavid A. Wheeler, Mar 21, 2015
  2. Dennis KaarsemakerMar 21, 2015
  3. Stefan BellerMar 22, 2015
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2015
  5. David A. WheelerMar 23, 2015
  6. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 23, 2015
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 22, 2015
  8. David A. WheelerApr 3, 2015
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 3, 2015
  10. Kevin DMar 26, 2015

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