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Re: [PATCH 06/11] commit: add tests of commit races

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 11, 2015, 18:54 UTC
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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
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> Quoting from wikipedia[1]
>
> (note however that when the United States joined the Convention
> in 1988, it continued to make statutory damages and attorney's fees
> only available for registered works).
>
> Does that mean if somebody would infringe the GPL on git (e.g. selling
> a modified git version without giving sources), it would be harder to
> tell him to stop because of the missing attorney's fees in case we drop
> out the copyright notices? (I have no deep understanding of legal
> processes in the US).

No. "registered works" in that sentence is about registering copyright with U.S. Copyright Office. In-file Copyright circle-c line does not have much to do with that.

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Message 18 of 35 in “Allow reference values to be checked in a transaction”
  1. 00/11 Allow reference values to be checked in a transactionMichael Haggerty, Feb 8, 2015
  2. 01/11 refs: move REF_DELETING to refs.cMichael Haggerty, Feb 8, 2015
  3. Stefan BellerFeb 9, 2015
  4. 02/11 refs: remove the gap in the REF_* constant valuesMichael Haggerty, Feb 8, 2015
  5. Stefan BellerFeb 9, 2015
  6. 03/11 struct ref_update: move "have_old" into "flags"Michael Haggerty, Feb 8, 2015
  7. 04/11 ref_transaction_update(): remove "have_old" parameterMichael Haggerty, Feb 8, 2015
  8. Stefan BellerFeb 9, 2015
  9. Michael HaggertyFeb 11, 2015
  10. 05/11 ref_transaction_delete(): remove "have_old" parameterMichael Haggerty, Feb 8, 2015
  11. Stefan BellerFeb 9, 2015
  12. 06/11 commit: add tests of commit racesMichael Haggerty, Feb 8, 2015
  13. Stefan BellerFeb 9, 2015
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2015
  15. Michael HaggertyFeb 11, 2015
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2015
  17. Stefan BellerFeb 11, 2015
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2015
  19. 07/11 commit: avoid race when creating orphan commitsMichael Haggerty, Feb 8, 2015
  20. Stefan BellerFeb 9, 2015
  21. Michael HaggertyFeb 11, 2015
  22. 08/11 ref_transaction_create(): check that new_sha1 is validMichael Haggerty, Feb 8, 2015
  23. Stefan BellerFeb 9, 2015
  24. 09/11 ref_transaction_delete(): check that old_sha1 is not null_sha1Michael Haggerty, Feb 8, 2015
  25. Stefan BellerFeb 9, 2015
  26. 10/11 ref_transaction_verify(): new function to check a reference's valueMichael Haggerty, Feb 8, 2015
  27. Stefan BellerFeb 9, 2015
  28. Michael HaggertyFeb 11, 2015
  29. 11/11 update_ref(): improve documentationMichael Haggerty, Feb 8, 2015
  30. Stefan BellerFeb 9, 2015
  31. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2015
  32. Stefan BellerFeb 9, 2015
  33. Michael HaggertyFeb 9, 2015
  34. Stefan BellerFeb 9, 2015
  35. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2015

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