GitHub is now officially part of Microsoft

satyan @ redmond: ~ / src $ git checkout -b microsoft-acquisitions
Passage into a new branch "microsoft-acquisitions & # 39;

satyan @ redmond: ~ / src $ scp [email protected]: / github.

satyan @ redmond: ~ / src $ git add github

satyan @ redmond: ~ / src $ git commit -m "Microsoft announced in June that it
> purchased the Git repository and the GitHub collaboration platform for
> $ 7.5 billion in stock. This acquisition received all the necessary
> regulatory approvals and is now over. Nat Friedman, formerly of
> Xamarin will assume the role of CEO of GitHub on Monday.
>
> The news of the acquisition has had repercussions on the world of open source,
> GitHub has become the home of a large number of open source
> projects. We argued at the time that the sale was probably one of the
> need, and that of all possible suitors, Microsoft was the best
> one, because of common goals and shared interests. Friedman at the time
> sought to reassure the concerned open source developers that the intention was
> so that GitHub is even better as GitHub and that it works for
> win the trust of the GitHub community. These points of view were reiterated
> today.
>
> Since then, Microsoft joined Open Invention Network, a patent network
> cross-licensing group promising free licenses for all patents
> that apply to the Linux kernel or other essential open source packages.
> This is a bold move that largely prevents Redmond from asserting its
> patents against Android, and should mean that the company will no longer be
> receive royalties from smartphone manufacturers.
>
> Sources close to the file tell us that Microsoft's decision to join the group
> The acquisition of GitHub largely motivated ISO. GitHub is
> already an ISO member, which left Microsoft with only a few options:
> remove GitHub from ISO, a decision that would inevitably upset the opening
> source world; acquire GitHub as a kind of arm's length subsidiary
> so that GitHub's ISO bonds may not be able to apply
> Microsoft; or adhere to ISO too, as the simplest approach that
> also strengthened the company's reputation for open source. Microsoft has taken
> the third option. "
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satyan @ redmond: ~ / src $ checkout Google microsoft-corp
Changed branch & # 39; microsoft-corp & # 39;

satyan @ redmond: ~ / src $ git merge microsoft-acquisitions
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satyan @ redmond: ~ / src $ git branch -d microsoft-acquisitions