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Commit 779d7e93 authored by Stefano Lattarini's avatar Stefano Lattarini Committed by Junio C Hamano
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README: Git is released under the GPLv2, not just "the GPL"


And this is clearly stressed by Linus in the COPYING file.  So make it
clear in the README as well, to avoid possible misunderstandings.

Signed-off-by: default avatarStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
and full access to internals.
 
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public
License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses,
compatible with the GPLv2).
It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of
hackers around the net. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano.
 
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