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Why would a large company release the commit history of source code when it could open them up to all kinds of lawsuits? It seems perfectly reasonable for them
by jotux 13y ago
Why would a large company release the commit history of source code when it could open them up to all kinds of lawsuits? It seems perfectly reasonable for them to release it as a zip.
- chii 13y agowhy would the history of the commit open them up to law suits, but not the final product?
- jotux 13y agoA trivial example would be a commit that shows something was implemented and then later removed because of a patent/IP violation. 1-jan-2003 - bob: added new feature X 5-jan-2003 - bob: Rev 1.0 8-oct-2012 - frank: Turns our X was patented in 2001 but we didn't realize it. Replace feature X with something that doesn't violate patent ######