Introducing Strongback, a Java library for FRC robots

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by randallh

This only refers to software developed prior to Kickoff; it doesn't place any constraints on software developer after Kickoff. If something akin to this rule does appear in the 2016 game rules, then teams could use any past or future version of Strongback, since its source is and will remain freely available on GitHub (including all the files necessary to build the JAR files).

My concern wasn't for other teams being allowed to use the code you developed, it was for your team being allowed to use the code you developed.

Originally Posted by virtuald

The rules only state that the software has to be available in a public space before kickoff. Given that it is developed in a public repository, any commit could technically be considered a 'release'.

If they were developing this in a private repository, then yes, a release a day earlier would be required.

I'm probably belaboring the point too much, but just because there is a public repository doesn't mean that each change is merged into the public repository.