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Re: Gitbox

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JJJoshua Juran <jjuran@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 13, 2011, 22:23 UTC
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On Apr 13, 2011, at 3:17 PM, Daniel Searles wrote:
> I apologize for the empty email. My SMTP server is having problems.  
> That is why I'm going to use this email address to write to the list.
Gah, stop doing that!  :-)
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> I feel that gitbox and perhaps other commercial tools for git are in  
> violation of the GPL simply since they rely on git in order to be  
> useful. Take git away from gitbox and it serves no purpose. The  
> thread in the following link goes into depth with regards to a  
> program relying on code that is under a GPL license. The conclusion  
> made in the thread may be due to an older version of the GPL. Could  
> it be that gitbox isn't in violation of the GPL since git uses GPL  
> version 2.0 exclusively?
>
> http://clisp.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/clisp/clisp/doc/Why-CLISP-is-under-GPL

My shell scripts that call git are also useless without Git. Am I not allowed to distribute my scripts under non-GPL terms? (And what about a script that calls the nonexistent blort utility, and then someone writes blort and distributes it under the GPL?) As I understand it, the GPL (and the thread you mention) address linking, not utility.

RMS seemed to win this debate by arguing that his position was better for the community. I have colleagues who understand that Git is the best VCS available but are concerned about having to train users who are used to IDEs. I've used a couple open source Git viewers and would hesitate to recommend them. The option to use GitBox makes adoption of Git more likely in this case.

CVS is a GNU project.  Did FSF go after proprietary cvs wrappers?
Josh
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  5. Randal L. SchwartzApr 14, 2011
  6. Joshua JuranApr 14, 2011
  7. Martin LanghoffApr 14, 2011
  8. Tim SmithApr 15, 2011
  9. Victor EngmarkApr 14, 2011
  10. Martin LanghoffApr 14, 2011

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