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Re: Git User's Survey 2007 partial summary

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Benoit SIGOURE <tsuna@lrde.epita.fr>
Date
Aug 27, 2007, 08:57 UTC
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On Aug 27, 2007, at 10:48 AM, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 26 Aug 2007, Dan Chokola wrote:
>
>> On 8/26/07, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 55. Would commerical (paid) support from a support vendor be of
>>> interest to you/your organization?
>>>
>>> Only 44 answers yes, 217 no, 126 not applicable (which was menat to
>>> encompass people who do not use git for work).
>>
>> Are questions like this at all indicative of where Git is looking
>> towards going?
>
> No.  These questions are just questions.  Git is GPLv2, and it will
> probably stay that forever, so you are _free_ to start a commercial
> support scheme for Git, but others are free not to choose it.
>
> I for one could imagine training people, and giving technical  
> support for
> companies needing that support.

You seem to imply that GPLv3 would prevent any form of commercial support for Git...

Section 4 of GPLv3: "you may offer support or warranty protection for a fee."

-- 
Benoit Sigoure aka Tsuna
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory
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Message 21 of 28 in “Git User's Survey 2007”
  1. Jakub NarebskiAug 18, 2007
  2. Jakub NarebskiAug 18, 2007
  3. Matthieu MoyAug 19, 2007
  4. Jakub NarebskiAug 25, 2007
  5. Jan EngelhardtAug 19, 2007
  6. Git User's Survey 2007 partial summaryJakub Narebski, Aug 27, 2007
  7. Shawn O. PearceAug 27, 2007
  8. Johannes SchindelinAug 27, 2007
  9. Jakub NarebskiAug 27, 2007
  10. Gábor FarkasAug 27, 2007
  11. David KastrupAug 27, 2007
  12. Gábor FarkasAug 27, 2007
  13. Johannes SchindelinAug 27, 2007
  14. David KastrupAug 27, 2007
  15. Mike HommeyAug 27, 2007
  16. Gábor FarkasAug 27, 2007
  17. Johannes SchindelinAug 27, 2007
  18. Torgil SvenssonAug 27, 2007
  19. Dan ChokolaAug 27, 2007
  20. Johannes SchindelinAug 27, 2007
  21. Benoit SIGOUREAug 27, 2007
  22. Johannes SchindelinAug 27, 2007
  23. Andreas EricssonAug 27, 2007
  24. Jakub NarebskiAug 27, 2007
  25. David KastrupAug 27, 2007
  26. Theodore TsoAug 27, 2007
  27. Benoit SIGOUREAug 27, 2007
  28. Git User's Survey 2007 partial summaryJakub Narebski, Sep 2, 2007

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