From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 08:16:50 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] Git doc: GPL2 does not apply to repo data
Message-ID: <20160201081650.GB26215@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20160201081431.GA26215@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 03:14:31AM -0500, Jeff King wrote:

> 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.

Whoops, I just noticed this is the exact entry from Philip's patch. :-/

Sorry for the noise (and I do think it is a good link to help answer
this question, but I agree with Junio that we can let that FAQ stand on
its own without adding our own amateur-lawyer language to it).

-Peff