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Git Rule

No further restrictions may be imposed on recipients

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Kind
Restriction
Statement
GPL-2.0 §6: every recipient of Git automatically receives a licence from the original licensor, and a redistributor may not impose further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of those rights. (licence text Version 2, June 1991; as published on 2026-09-27)
Applies when
Drafting licence terms for products that include Git.
Applies to
Git (command-line tools and source tree), including builds distributed by operating systems and Git for Windows
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