You are right, there is no reason why the ASF can't own its own "legally authorative" git repo. That is exactly why the ASF is conducting experiments in exactl

You are right, there is no reason why the ASF can't own its own "legally authorative" git repo. That is exactly why the ASF is conducting experiments in exactly that. Assuming those experiments are a success and representatives of ASF users are happy (which include business folk and lawyers, not just developers) then the ASF will role Git out to all projects that want it. This whole argument is moot.