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Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 13:54:37 -0400
From: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
To: Larry McVoy <lm@work.bitmover.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: New BK License Problem?
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> >         (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.
> > 
> > Doesn't this affect maintainers all across the map that work for 
> > distros such as RedHat, SuSE, Connectiva, etc?  Obviously these distros 
> > SELL as part of their respective products CVS and similar tools. Or 
> > even non-distro open source shops, you even resell CVS or the like in 
> > some way and you'd be in trouble.
> 
> Distributions do not *SELL* CVS, they distribute CVS.  We choose those
> words with care for exactly that reason.  All the clause is saying is
> that if you are a competitor you don't get to use our product for free.
> That it, in our opinion, a perfectly reasonable position to take.

Larry, I develop for the Subversion project. Does that mean my license
to use bitkeeper is revoked?

I've also been wanting to use bitkeeper to create a Subversion mirror of
the kernel repository, but I suspect that my usage falls seriously into
this category, as my reasons for doing so are three-fold; allow access
to the bkbits repo to folks who don't want to use bk, but with all the
joys of an SCM (history, changesets, etc.); stress test Subversion
against a real-world high-activity repo; promote Subversion.

Would it be your intention that your license disallow my type of work? I
think it does.



Ben

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