# Apple Xcode Asserts Control Over Git - License Violation? 2 messages from 2015-11-11 to 2015-11-11. Participants: ARaybould, Matthieu Moy. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/40772 ## ARaybould, 2015-11-11 14:30 Subject: Apple Xcode Asserts Control Over Git - License Violation? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/B28E3F82-E5BD-4B6A-A28D-CEA54774E8D9%40skymion.com ``` I recently installed Xcode 7.1.1 on my Mac. While this was underway, I continued to work on an unrelated project, until I found I could not use git from the command-line. Instead, I got this message: Agreeing to the Xcode/iOS license requires admin privileges, please re-run as root via sudo. Is Apple in violation of git’s license by imposing this restriction? ``` ## Matthieu Moy, 2015-11-11 14:44 Subject: Re: Apple Xcode Asserts Control Over Git - License Violation? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/vpqvb98vbmz.fsf%40anie.imag.fr In-Reply-To: ``` ARaybould writes: > I recently installed Xcode 7.1.1 on my Mac. While this was underway, I > continued to work on an unrelated project, until I found I could not > use git from the command-line. Instead, I got this message: > > Agreeing to the Xcode/iOS license requires admin privileges, please re-run as root via sudo. > > Is Apple in violation of git’s license by imposing this restriction? AFAICT, no, see explanations here: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/254890 or search "apple git gpl license violation" in your favorite search engine. -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/ ```