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To: git@vger.kernel.org From: KOLANICH Message-ID: <4B11ADEA-8E8F-444F-B4CA-C4A3E9536F8C@mail.ru> X-77F55803: 0A44E481635329DB0E1AA8A03B392317179C3E6C7981FFF2E17AE4FBB8DCD5A28772D6DA4F2629E3F688BCB05C26794D735BAB88EB1AB2557AC21E34E8694B6A96E04B26D7E4325AFC192BE989E59C08400F39C12E319FF0 X-7FA49CB5: 0D63561A33F958A585AC902A3A72A94900010146F8F06181BD8CCD36651123498941B15DA834481FA18204E546F3947CEDCF5861DED71B2F389733CBF5DBD5E9C8A9BA7A39EFB7666BA297DBC24807EA117882F44604297287769387670735209ECD01F8117BC8BEA471835C12D1D977C4224003CC8364767815B9869FA544D8D32BA5DBAC0009BE9E8FC8737B5C2249E59597DEBEB5B1EB76E601842F6C81A12EF20D2F80756B5F5C318D1F9ECD513A76E601842F6C81A127C277FBC8AE2E8B656A1030537AB80E3AA81AA40904B5D99449624AB7ADAF37F910319684D6E05D725E5C173C3A84C30E7A8B1B1FD51AB9D1C1EC45DA0E581728A6D463EDFD0DBBC4224003CC836476C0CAF46E325F83A50BF2EBBBDD9D6B0F2AF38021CC9F462D574AF45C6390F7469DAA53EE0834AAEE X-Mailru-Sender: A36CCA5E968A4DC96657DB7F7E6A9ED01FBA42CB9A9A770B73058EED3714A107677B2005CA2493AC813099610F3EF9D23DDE9B364B0DF2895C73AB06C8DF2F26327D77830F209D78AE208404248635DF X-Mras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ailru-MI: 800 X-Mailru-Sender: A5480F10D64C90053DB5E8752E58C64B92A76CE2DBA12641FD2C8CF3E031E56E661C3FE1EFDA3D63CA84F4FE1D4775B6C77752E0C033A69EE390A927BED62499DB5599FF92D1811A3453F38A29522196 X-Mras: OK Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org >What _could_ be problematic is repeating the documentation directly >in another permissive-licensed repository=2E > One can interact with binary files as you want=2E Certainly=2E The problem is not with interacting to binary=2E The problem = is the source of knowlege for a third-party impl=2E If I took Git source co= de and directly reused it, my code surely would have been infected=2E If I = took git source code and rewrite it function by function (by reading functi= on, understanding what it does, then recreating the function from scratch t= rying to keep the behavior exactly the same) =2E=2E=2E the resulting code w= ill still be based on git source code and so infected=2E The same if I rewr= ite it function-by function to another language=2E And we consider docs and= code to be languages (and in fact I wanna rewrite the docs in a formal la= nguage and then transpile it to the source code)=2E So, if I based my impl = on any source (including docs) under GPL, I cannot be sure it is not infect= ed=2E So probably only clean-room or black-box RE can give any sensible guarante= e in the case the content is under a viral/proprietary license=2E But I hav= e no time to waste on CR/BB REing open source software, though it may compl= etely make sense=2E >In fact, there are likely privately licensed products that interact with = Git's pack-files even though their format documentation is under GPL=2E Businesses have lawers working for them full time and some money to spend = on lawsuits=2E It is incorrect to compare most of private persons like me t= o businesses=2E