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Re: Could /Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt be relicensed under a permissive license?

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Dec 11, 2019, 12:57 UTC
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Hi,
On Wed, 11 Dec 2019, KOLANICH wrote:
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> > spend the necessary effort to comply with the license as a waste of time.
>
> Necessity to treat so called free software with a technique invented to
> deal with closed-source proprietary software by companies enjoying their
> walled gardens and vigorously protecting their walls integrity in courts
> is a clear sign that there is something wrong with the software. I don't
> beleive that free open-source software should to work this way.

Seeing as the obvious effect of such a hostile statement can only be less cooperation, in particular when replying directly to a mail where the Git maintainer pointed out that there is hardly any benefit to the Git project in addressing complaints raised in a combative manner, I have to wonder whether you realize that you just sabotaged the process where quite a few people were ready to help you to get what you desire?

Puzzled, Johannes

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Message 9 of 11 in “Could /Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt be relicensed under a permissive license?”
  1. KOLANICHDec 10, 2019
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2019
  3. Derrick StoleeDec 10, 2019
  4. Jeff KingDec 10, 2019
  5. Derrick StoleeDec 10, 2019
  6. Ed MasteDec 10, 2019
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2019
  8. KOLANICHDec 11, 2019
  9. Johannes SchindelinDec 11, 2019
  10. brian m. carlsonDec 13, 2019
  11. Jakub NarebskiDec 15, 2019

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