Git Vendor Support

Git Vendor Support

[COLLINS, ROGER W GG-12 USAF NASIC/SCPW]

ALCON,

Is there is a specific group or vendor backing Git?  As part of our internal approval process, our organization requires that we list a vendor that provides active support (ie. Patches) for the Git software.

Thanks,
Roger

Re: Git Vendor Support

[Stefan Beller]

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 8:13 AM, COLLINS, ROGER W GG-12 USAF
NASIC/SCPW <roger.collins@us.af.mil> wrote:
> ALCON,
>
> Is there is a specific group or vendor backing Git?

https://sfconservancy.org/ takes care of the financial needs of the community.

> active support

I guess companies that make money primarily via Git hosting
(e.g. one of Github, GitLab, Atlassian, Bitbucket) *may* be interested
in active support.

Thanks,
Stefan

Re: Git Vendor Support

[Konstantin Khomoutov]

On Fri, 10 Mar 2017 16:13:20 +0000
"COLLINS, ROGER W GG-12 USAF NASIC/SCPW" <roger.collins@us.af.mil>
wrote:

> ALCON,
> 
> Is there is a specific group or vendor backing Git?  As part of our
> internal approval process, our organization requires that we list a
> vendor that provides active support (ie. Patches) for the Git
> software.

As Git is a volunteer-driven free-software project, there are no vendors
behind it.

Looks like you basically have two options to fulfill the requirements
of your organization:

 * Contact the Software Freedom Conservancy [1] which is an official
   body serving as an aegis for Git and a bunch of other F/OSS projects.
   They are not vendor but at least they are a legal entity and are
   able to do law-speak.

 * Sign a contract with any company offerring support for Git or
   its Git-based solutions.  Atlassian might be an option (I don't know
   for sure -- just speculating, and I'm not affiliated with them
   in any regard).

1. https://sfconservancy.org/about/contact/

RE: Git Vendor Support

[COLLINS, ROGER W GG-12 USAF NASIC/SCPW]

Thanks for the reply!


-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Beller [mailto:sbeller@google.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 11:48 AM
To: COLLINS, ROGER W GG-12 USAF NASIC/SCPW <roger.collins@us.af.mil>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Git Vendor Support

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 8:13 AM, COLLINS, ROGER W GG-12 USAF NASIC/SCPW <roger.collins@us.af.mil> wrote:
> ALCON,
>
> Is there is a specific group or vendor backing Git?

https://sfconservancy.org/ takes care of the financial needs of the community.

> active support

I guess companies that make money primarily via Git hosting (e.g. one of Github, GitLab, Atlassian, Bitbucket) *may* be interested in active support.

Thanks,
Stefan

RE: Git Vendor Support

[Randall S. Becker]

On March 13, 2017 10:34 AM, COLLINS, ROGER W GG-12 USAF NASIC/SCPW wrote:
>Thanks for the reply!
>>On March 10, 2017 11:48 AM, Stefan Beller wrote
>>On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 8:13 AM, COLLINS, ROGER W GG-12 USAF NASIC/SCPW <roger.collins@us.af.mil> wrote:
>>> ALCON,
>>>
>>> Is there is a specific group or vendor backing Git?
>>https://sfconservancy.org/ takes care of the financial needs of the community.
>>> active support
>>I guess companies that make money primarily via Git hosting (e.g. one of Github, GitLab, Atlassian, Bitbucket) *may* be interested in active support.

I have heard there are companies who provide porting, technical and user support for git on some platforms and in some environments. It might be worth checking in the platform communities specifically for companies that are servicing the platforms. I am well connected in the HPE NonStop community if that's a help.

Cheers,
Randall