Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 09:04:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 09:04:59 -0400 Received: from thebsh.namesys.com ([212.16.7.65]:57867 "HELO thebsh.namesys.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 09:04:58 -0400 Message-ID: <3D9EE4C9.4090604@namesys.com> Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 17:10:33 +0400 From: Hans Reiser User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2a) Gecko/20020910 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: tom_gall@mac.com CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: New BK License Problem? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1141 Lines: 30 tom_gall@mac.com wrote: > Greetings all, > > I noticed Larry recently changed the license on bk. Once clause in > particular struck me and I thought I'd better point it out for your > reactions... > > Specifically from Section 3: > > (d) Notwithstanding any other terms in this License, this > License is not available to You if You and/or your > employer develop, produce, sell, and/or resell a > product which contains substantially similar capabil- > ities of the BitKeeper Software, or, in the reason- > able opinion of BitMover, competes with the BitKeeper > Software. > Seems like a pretty straightforward violation of the anti-trust laws, and a conspiracy to restrain trade. Hope Larry votes for Bush's reelection, cause Bush judges will keep Larry safe from the law on this for sure. Hans - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/