From: Joshua Juran <jjuran@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:24:11 GMT
Subject: Re: Gitbox
Message-ID: <5F5479DB-511E-4ADC-8B71-5D7C801ECEAF@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1302722214.22161.5.camel@drew-northup.unet.maine.edu>

On Apr 13, 2011, at 12:16 PM, Drew Northup wrote:

> 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