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Re: Gitbox

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Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date
Apr 13, 2011, 23:10 UTC
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>>>>> "Junio" == Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

Junio> However, 3 (c) is allowed only for noncommercial distributor that passes Junio> compiled executable along from its upstream source, so that part may need Junio> to be fixed, I suspect, to comply with section 3 by going in either Junio> subsections 3 (a) or 3 (b) route.

It's interesting also to note that the GPL uses the term "noncommercial" without ever defining it. Could gitbox argue that it is charging for his code, and not for git, and therefore, it's a "noncommercial" distribution of git which just happens to be aggregated?

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