Re: Partnership with Git

["Nikita Malikov" <nikitam@devart.com>]

Dov, Junio, Konstantin

Thank you for answering. Your information helped me!


And thank you Git Community for so quick and clear replies. We wish you all 
the best from Devart team =)

Best regards
Nikita Malikov


Best regards
Nikita Malikov


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From: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>
Sent: 21 February, 2017 21:04
To: "Dov Grobgeld" <dov.grobgeld@gmail.com>
Cc: "Nikita Malikov" <nikitam@devart.com>; "Konstantin Khomoutov" 
<kostix+git@007spb.ru>; <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Partnership with Git

> Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> As git is free software, you are free to use it in any way you see fit, 
>> as
>> long as you adhere to its licensing terms, and to the copyright
>> restrictions on using the term "git". Thus there is no need to ask
>> permission and there does not on the git side exist any entity interested
>> in "cross marketing activities".
>
> s/copyright/trademark/.
>
> As one of Software Freedom Conservancy projects, I suspect that the
> Git PLC git@sfconservancy.org may be the closest to such "entity"
> that represents open source Git community's interest to the outside
> world with help from lawyers.
>
> Not that I think Git PLC is interested in such a cross marketting
> arrangement, but if Devart wants to advertise on their webpage
> saying "we support Git by making contributions to SFC" or something
> like that, they are the people to talk to.
>