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@@ -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. @@ -42,10 +43,12 @@ including full documentation and Git related tools. The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature -requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org. To subscribe -to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to -majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at -http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival sites. +requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read +Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission). +To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in +the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are +available at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival +sites. The messages titled "A note from the maintainer", "What's in git.git (stable)" and "What's cooking in git.git (topics)" and |