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+The *.sample hook scripts installed in this repository have been
+copied from Git source code by "git init".  Because Git itself as a
+whole is licensed under the GPL-2.0 license [*1*], some people have
+raised concerns if these scripts somehow contaminate the contents
+developed by the end users and stored in their repository.
+
+While we, Git developers, are not your lawyers, we believe the
+presence of these sample hook scripts in your repository does not
+constitute "distribution" that makes the contents tracked in your
+repository governed also under the same license as ours, but it would
+be a good idea to clarify that
+
+ * We do not intend to spread the license of Git to your contents by
+   copying the sample hook scripts.
+
+ * These sample hook scripts may be under licenses other than GPL-2.0.
+
+The list below describes under which open-source license each sample
+hook script is licensed.
+
+----
+
+NEEDSWORK:
+
+Below are draft entries that do show correct commit object names that
+matter to, or contributors who write, the surviving contents of the
+file, but these people haven't been asked to do anything yet (hence
+they haven't responded yet, of course), so they do not show what the
+licensing status of these files will be at the end of this exercise
+yet.
+
+What I am hoping to achieve is to replace the text under each bullet
+point to document who the authors/copyright holders are of the file,
+and under what license the copy given to each end-user repository is
+usable by the end-user.  It would be more useful if the license chosen
+(which can be different per file) is more lenient than strict.
+
+----
+
+
+* applypatch-msg.sample
+
+    This sample hook script was written in 2005 by Junio C Hamano, who
+    hereby clarifies that the contents of these files, when used as a
+    hook script installed by "git init", or manually copied by the
+    user, is licensed under the MIT license [*2*].
+
+    The following contributors, who may have made copyrightable change
+    that still remains in the current version, will be asked to
+    endorse this clarification later.
+
+    Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
+    b849b954d22ee069b0edec1a12c78782ae1e629d (adjust for newer Git)
+
+
+* commit-msg.sample
+
+    This sample hook script was written in 2005 by Junio C Hamano, who
+    hereby clarifies that the contents of these files, when used as a
+    hook script installed by "git init", or manually copied by the
+    user, is licensed under the MIT license [*2*].
+
+    The following contributors, who may have made copyrightable change
+    that still remains in the current version will be asked to endorse
+    this clarification later.
+
+    Ben Walton <bdwalton@gmail.com>
+    100e762a60a691a4978434f1cd5532e19cad39fc (adjust for newer Git)
+
+    Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
+    8089c85bcba89464b9b2a32fa948ed85eb367e70 (advice against 59f3e254)
+
+    Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@yahoo.com>
+    9a1ae9ab03abaffc977421f182997f3e735e7098 (make failure louder)
+
+    Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
+    59f3e254801648322b2d5cd073ca0cc5009aa2de (hint to auto-add -s)
+
+    Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
+    89e2c5f17b901edf28a8bb778ece3f6c18bbb721 (initial version in 2005)
+
+
+* fsmonitor-watchman.sample
+
+    Alex Vandiver <alexmv@dropbox.com>
+    Ben Peart <benpeart@microsoft.com>
+    Kevin Willford <Kevin.Willford@microsoft.com>
+
+
+* post-update.sample
+
+    This sample hook script was written in 2005 by Junio C Hamano, who
+    hereby clarifies that the contents of these files, when used as a
+    hook script installed by "git init", or manually copied by the
+    user, is licensed under the MIT license [*2*].
+
+    The following contributors, who may have made copyrightable change
+    that still remains in the current version will be asked to endorse
+    this clarification later.
+
+    Ben Walton <bdwalton@gmail.com>
+    100e762a60a691a4978434f1cd5532e19cad39fc (adjust for newer Git)
+
+
+* pre-applypatch.sample
+
+    This sample hook script was written in 2005 by Junio C Hamano, who
+    hereby clarifies that the contents of these files, when used as a
+    hook script installed by "git init", or manually copied by the
+    user, is licensed under the MIT license [*2*].
+
+    The following contributors, who may have made copyrightable change
+    that still remains in the current version will be asked to endorse
+    this clarification later.
+
+    Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
+    b849b954d22ee069b0edec1a12c78782ae1e629d (adjust for newer Git)
+
+
+* pre-commit.sample
+
+    Even though the history of this file dates back to 2005, the
+    current version contains no material from commits before 03e2b630
+    (Update sample pre-commit hook to use "diff --check", 2008-06-26),
+    which was written by Junio C Hamano, who hereby clarifies that the
+    contents of these files, when used as a hook script installed by
+    "git init", or manually copied by the user, is licensed under the
+    MIT license [*2*].
+
+    The following contributors, who may have made copyrightable change
+    that still remains in the current version will be asked to endorse
+    this clarification later.
+
+    Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+    c646217e1366b0397552fad8c32acb47fbe8977d
+    f1e3156e627fa66714deea665c8f3585088b9695
+    c14daa4845ff2ec0d27807fa50f9fac1ca4d6462
+
+    Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
+    d00e364de99d51bb76e437820e23cfa820417ec5 (non-ascii pathname check)
+
+    Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@gmx.de>
+    c30eb852e281d55b04465b7814e00396893f74f3 (initial commit check)
+
+    Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
+    27b6e17a6d84a18861f05fd7c684ab443bf15244
+
+    Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
+    af1748b31eb68643f1b8d9d918f43611cf96d257
+
+    brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
+    03a7f388dafaee0aa084144efe7a8f9c151e5221
+
+    Lucius Hu <orctarorga@gmail.com>
+    81e3db42f3212a8e441e4ecee9a2928921cb9045
+
+
+* pre-merge-commit.sample
+
+    Michael J Gruber <git@grubix.eu>
+    6098817fd7f64209664c701df30096dc0f4fb876
+
+* prepare-commit-msg.sample
+
+    Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
+    b22a3079466b72e8a8b76065d6c28efe7eea4b16 (clean-up)
+
+    Ben Walton <bdwalton@gmail.com>
+    502be959531b34e2d9283213b7bca51842639240
+    100e762a60a691a4978434f1cd5532e19cad39fc (adjust for newer Git)
+
+    Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
+    3015fa5846c19e79f99c1d6a49fd2510ed9291b8
+
+    Marcel Koeppen <git-dev@marzelpan.de>
+    4be1fe1b944e568f47efcb9d1beb8639f50b723f
+
+    Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
+    8089c85bcba89464b9b2a32fa948ed85eb367e70 (initial version in 2008)
+
+* pre-push.sample
+
+    Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
+    6a117da6e523a82115733682f4d3f59755897d5a
+    8c7e5059506c6840bfbd4dd8d1730784a5689719
+
+    W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
+    1a947ba3a3eebea80be6a6d1000614884807bc8b (adjust behaviour to BCP)
+
+    Aaron Schrab <aaron@schrab.com>
+    87c86dd14abe8db7d00b0df5661ef8cf147a72a3 (initial version in 2013)
+
+
+* pre-rebase.sample
+
+    This sample hook script was written in 2006 by Junio C Hamano, who
+    hereby clarifies that the contents of these files, when used as a
+    hook script installed by "git init", or manually copied by the
+    user, is licensed under the MIT license [*2*].
+
+    The following contributors, who may have made copyrightable change
+    that still remains in the current version will be asked to endorse
+    this clarification later.
+
+    Ben Walton <bdwalton@gmail.com>
+    502be959531b34e2d9283213b7bca51842639240 (adjust for newer Git)
+    100e762a60a691a4978434f1cd5532e19cad39fc (adjust for newer Git)
+
+    Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
+    8db1ae57409b10ba48596198b329adba7fcb6b1a
+
+    Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
+    7560f547e614244fe1d4648598d4facf7ed33a56 (phraso)
+
+* pre-receive.sample
+
+    Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@gmail.com>
+    77a9745d19b2b308c1ce97d18053322d1471bc4c (initial version)
+
+* push-to-checkout.sample
+
+    Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org>
+    e632c464d5dbbda72ae370ff6e9cbe31c01b0bb0 (initial version)
+
+* update.sample
+
+    Even though the history of this file dates back to 2006, the
+    current version contains no material from commits before a69aba6a
+    (UNIX reference time of 1970-01-01 00:00 is UTC timezone, not
+    local time zone, 2007-01-26), which was written by Andy Parkins.
+
+    Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
+    a69aba6af3e96f8021c194691a851e78febd70bf (base version)
+    829a686f1b50ba96cac2d88494fa339efe0c0862 (enhancement)
+
+    The following contributors, who may have made copyrightable change
+    that still remains in the current version will be asked to endorse
+    this clarification later.
+
+    Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>
+    Alexandre Julliard <julliard@winehq.org>
+    Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
+    John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com>
+    Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org>
+    Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
+    David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
+    Martin Amdisen <martin.amdisen@praqma.com>
+    Lucius Hu <orctarorga@gmail.com>
+    Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
+
+
+[References]
+
+*1* https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0
+
+*2* https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
