From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 08:14:31 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] Git doc: GPL2 does not apply to repo data
Message-ID: <20160201081431.GA26215@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <1591708020.2493723.1454312995839.JavaMail.zimbra@imag.fr>

On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 08:49:55AM +0100, Matthieu Moy wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> > For less tech-savvy managers, I found that name dropping works quite well
> > (read: naming a couple of well-known companies/products that switched to
> > Git).
> 
> In the same category: "GitHub has 12 millions users" works rather well.

Who's to say GitHub's business plan isn't to become a copyright troll? :)

On a more serious note, this FAQ (and the one right after) might be
useful for convincing people:

  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#GPLOutput

Data that git stores is not strictly "output", but I think the answers
there are relevant. And presumably written or vetted by lawyers, too.

-Peff