On 2023-02-17 at 22:04:19, rsbecker@nexbridge.com wrote:

I am uncertain about this, from a licensing standpoint. Typically,
when one links in a library from one project, the license from that
project may inherit into your own project. AFAIK, GPLv3 has this
implied provision - I do not think it is explicit, but the implication
seems to be there. Making git libraries has the potential to cause
git's license rights to be incorporated into other products. I am
suggesting that we would need to tread carefully in this area. Using
someone else's DLL is not so bad, as the code is not bound together,
but may also cause ambiguities depending on whether the licenses are
conflicting or not. I am not suggesting that this is a bad idea, just
one that should be handled carefully.

I think it's pretty clear that if software used Git's libraries, that
the result would be GPLv2.  That might be fine for some projects, and
for others, libgit2 would be more appealing.
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brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Toronto, Ontario, CA