Git COPYING: GNU General Public License version 2 with project note
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- Kind
- Licence
- Format
- Text
- Applies to
- Licence file at the root of the Git source repository: a note restricting the project to GPL version 2 only, followed by the full text of the GNU General Public License, Version 2, June 1991. Covers the Git command-line tools and the parts of the source tree not under another notice. The file carries no date of its own; the licence text is dated June 1991.
- Aliases
- GPL-2.0; GPLv2; GNU GPL v2; COPYING
- Evidence
- GPL-2.0 §0: running the Program is not restricted
- GPL-2.0 §5: acceptance needed only to modify or distribute
- GPL-2.0 §11: the Program is licensed free of charge
- Git COPYING note: only GPL version 2 is valid
- GPL-2.0 §1: verbatim copies with notices and a copy of the licence
- GPL-2.0 §1: fee for transfer and optional warranty
- GPL-2.0 §2(a): prominent notices on modified files
- GPL-2.0 §2(b): whole work licensed at no charge under the licence
- GPL-2.0 §2: mere aggregation on a storage or distribution medium
- GPL-2.0 §2: independent and separate works
- GPL-2.0 §3(a): accompany binaries with the source code
- GPL-2.0 §3(b): written offer valid for at least three years
- GPL-2.0 §3: definition of complete source code
- GPL-2.0 §3(c): alternative allowed only for noncommercial distribution
- GPL-2.0 §3: equivalent access to copy source from the same place
- GPL-2.0 §6: no further restrictions on recipients
- GPL-2.0 §4: automatic termination
- GPL-2.0 §11: entire risk is with the user