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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-12-21 15:18:41 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-12-21 15:18:41 -0800 |
| commit | 19b4520ba9c367bf562d1fe38deaa2b96be81309 (patch) | |
| tree | 25426ea4f79ac52b4bd92c488f174ae38f0d03be | |
| parent | Merge branch 'jc/fetch-tags-doc' (diff) | |
| parent | README: it does not matter who the current maintainer is (diff) | |
| download | tgif-19b4520ba9c367bf562d1fe38deaa2b96be81309.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'sl/readme-gplv2'
Clarify that the project as a whole is GPLv2 only, with some parts
borrowed under different licenses that are compatible with GPLv2.
* sl/readme-gplv2:
README: it does not matter who the current maintainer is
README: Git is released under the GPLv2, not just "the GPL"
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals. -Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License. -It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of -hackers around the net. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano. +Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public +License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, +compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus +Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net. Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions. |