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Re: Gitbox

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JJJoshua Juran <jjuran@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 13, 2011, 19:24 UTC
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On Apr 13, 2011, at 12:16 PM, Drew Northup wrote:
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> On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 12:09 -0700, Joshua Juran wrote:
>
>> On Apr 13, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Drew Northup wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 11:16 -0700, Daniel Searles wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> I'm curious if Gitbox is in violation of the Git's GPL.
>>>> http://www.gitboxapp.com/
>>>
>>> Well, it appears that he may have implemented "git" on his own, or  
>>> at
>>> the very least he's trying to imply that he did.
>>>
>>> http://www.gitboxapp.com/faq.html#gpl
>>
>> He very clearly says that he ships Git, not a reimplementation.
>
> He also clearly stated that he's not calling git command-line tools...
I wonder why he would ship them, then.
> "Gitbox neither links (statically or dynamically) against Git nor uses
> custom interfaces to interact with it. Git binaries are provided for
> your convenience only."
Calling execve() is not dynamic linking, that I'm aware of.
> I'm hoping he'll have a more complete statement for all of us.

I think you've misinterpreted his words, but I agree that a clarification to set minds at ease would be appropriate.

Josh
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  1. Daniel SearlesApr 13, 2011
  2. Joshua JuranApr 13, 2011
  3. Drew NorthupApr 13, 2011
  4. Joshua JuranApr 13, 2011
  5. Drew NorthupApr 13, 2011
  6. Joshua JuranApr 13, 2011
  7. Randal L. SchwartzApr 13, 2011
  8. Drew NorthupApr 13, 2011
  9. Taylor HedbergApr 13, 2011
  10. Joshua JuranApr 13, 2011
  11. Tim SmithApr 13, 2011
  12. Sitaram ChamartyApr 14, 2011
  13. Vincent van RavesteijnApr 14, 2011
  14. Drew NorthupApr 14, 2011
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 13, 2011
  16. Randal L. SchwartzApr 13, 2011
  17. Jakub NarebskiApr 13, 2011
  18. Randal L. SchwartzApr 13, 2011

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