Well, if Google does it then I guess I stand corrected about it being a weirdo way to deliver patches. They went so far as to .gz theirs, too, for extra non-browsing by mere mortals.
For Google it's undoubtedly only done because under the license agreement they must make their source code modifications available if someone asks. A form of malicious compliance if you wish
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Well, if Google does it then I guess I stand corrected about it being a weirdo way to deliver patches. They went so far as to .gz theirs, too, for extra non-browsing by mere mortals.
I find it curious that <https://github.com/google/mysql-tools/blob/02d18542735a528c4...> and yet <https://github.com/google/mysql-tools/blob/02d18542735a528c4...> says "diff -ruN base/client/mysqldump.c mysql40gpl/client/mysqldump.c"
I had no idea one could release patches of GPL software under an Apache license. That makes my head hurt.
For Google it's undoubtedly only done because under the license agreement they must make their source code modifications available if someone asks. A form of malicious compliance if you wish