RE: Quick Question
Got it! Thanks again for your time.
-Max
-----Original Message-----
From: Junio C Hamano [mailto:gitster@pobox.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 12:36 PM
To: Max Lucchetti
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Quick Question
Max Lucchetti <mlucchetti@its.bldrdoc.gov> writes:
> I wanted to confirm that your product "Git" is free for the US
> government to use?
As far as _we_ are concerned, anybody should be able to use it for free (as both in "libre" and in "gratis" sense); it is licensed under GPLv2 and the copy of the license is found in COPYING file. Some part is licensed under BSD license, but that shouldn't change the picture.
Having said that we are in no position of knowing if the branch of the US goverment you work for has its own restriction regarding its software procurement process (e.g. "It has to be produced by an ISO 14000 certified facility"). So...
> If you cannot answer this question, would you know who could?
...if this is a legal inquiry, only _your_ lawyer can answer it.