Re: git-rerere observations and feature suggestions
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David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
- Date
- Jun 16, 2008, 12:38 UTC
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Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> writes:
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> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 01:01:13PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: >> ( Also, it's a GPL nitpicky issue: the conflict resolution database >> can be argued to be part of "source code" and as such it should be >> shared with everyone who asks. With trivial merges the data is >> probably not copyrightable hence probably falls outside the scope >> of the GPL, but with a complex topic tree like -tip with dozens of >> conflict resolutions, the boundary is perhaps more blurred. ) > > For a more complex merge resolution, granted that it rises to the > level of being "copyrightable", but I think it would be a huge stretch > to call the rr-cache the "preferred form for modifications"! :-)
The GPL just calls for all "corresponding" source code, not all "interesting" source code.
-- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum