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Re: Apple violating git LGPL?

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Charles Bailey <charles@hashpling.org>
Date
Aug 6, 2014, 18:36 UTC
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On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 02:10:08PM -0400, Robert P Fischer wrote:
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> 3. The version of git I ran is clearly NOT a plain vanilla "official"
> git, it is a derivative work.  Has Apple provided the source code of
> the special version that I just ran?  If not, that would seem to be a
> violation of the LGPL.
I found the source code of Apple's Git builds here:
http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/Git/

Mine happens to be Git-48. I'm not sure how to tell what version you have if it is prompting you to accept a licence first.

Charles.
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