Modified files must carry change notices
Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited
- Kind
- Modification
- Statement
- GPL-2.0 §2(a): a party that modifies Git and distributes the modified version must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that the files were changed and the date of each change. Modifications kept inside the organization and never distributed do not trigger the distribution conditions (§0). (licence text Version 2, June 1991; as published on 2026-09-27)
- Applies when
- Distributing a patched or forked build of Git.
- Applies to
- Git (command-line tools and source tree), including builds distributed by operating systems and Git for Windows