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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 22:37:14 +0200
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>,
       Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: New BK License Problem?
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Hi!


> > > If BK migrates to proprietary format everybody will notice and you'll still
> > > have the opportunity to rescue a not too old repository and carry on with
> > > life using whatever alternate SCM you wish.  If such a thing happened Lary
> > > would be publicly and universally discredited and he's not looking for that
> > > I'm sure.
> > 
> > If BK migrates to a proprietary format the code won't be in the
> > preferred form of the work for making modifications.
> 
> Because you think BK will still have the backing of all kernel developers
> using it today if that happens?  Some might find BK's nice to use despite its
> license, but locking the main kernel repository into a proprietary format is
> totally unacceptable for most if not all of them I'm sure.  

Of course Larry would have to do the changes "slowly" so people would
not notice. And every time someone complains he can repeat his "I'm
running business".

								Pavel
-- 
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