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Re: [RFC/PATCH] Git doc: GPL2 does not apply to repo data

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Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
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Feb 1, 2016, 10:59 UTC
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From: "Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee.org>
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>> We should leave the lawyering to real lawyers and we should not add
>> unnecessary work of interpreting our amateurish loose statement to
>> our laywers.
>
> Given Jonathan's question, and your earlier feedback, it did feel that a 
> bit of clear blue water would be useful between Git (the DVCS), and /.git/ 
> (the repo contents), even if it were only to clarify the issues...
s/if it were/if the discussions were/

I was *not* meaning that 'it' meant a doc patch. sorry for the lack of clarity there.

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Previous: Philip Oakley
Message 15 of 15 in “GPL v2 authoritative answer on stored code as a derived work”
  1. Jonathan SmithJan 25, 2016
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 25, 2016
  3. Philip OakleyJan 27, 2016
  4. Johannes SchindelinJan 28, 2016
  5. Philip OakleyJan 31, 2016
  6. Git doc: GPL2 does not apply to repo dataPhilip Oakley, Jan 31, 2016
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2016
  8. Jonathan SmithJan 31, 2016
  9. Johannes SchindelinFeb 1, 2016
  10. Matthieu MoyFeb 1, 2016
  11. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2016
  12. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2016
  13. Philip OakleyFeb 1, 2016
  14. Philip OakleyFeb 1, 2016
  15. Philip OakleyFeb 1, 2016

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