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Re: Apple violating git LGPL?

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BFBruce Ferrell <bferrell@baywinds.org>
Date
Aug 6, 2014, 19:53 UTC
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On 08/06/2014 11:43 AM, Jeff King wrote:
snippage here 8< >8
> As it happens, though, they _do_ modify the git that they distribute. I know at least that they bake-in the osxkeychain helper config in away that the user cannot turn off. There 
> may be more changes, but I haven't done a full diff. And they do provide the source: https://www.opensource.apple.com/source/Git/
Is that a plugin?  if not what about proprietary plugins? How are they affected by the license is this case?
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