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Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 20:18:51 +0400
From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
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To: walt <wa1ter@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: New BK License Problem?
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walt wrote:

> Hans Reiser wrote:
>
>> 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...
>
>
> I Am Not A Lawyer, but AFAIK the anti-trust laws in no way obligate
> a business to aid its own competitors.

Read about the essential facilities doctrine.

>
>
> Restraint of trade occurs when two competitors conspire to crush a
> third competitor.  Who is Larry's co-conspirator in your scenario?
>
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A single company is considered a conspiracy under the anti-trust laws.

Hans


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