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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 04:37:11 -0400
From: Mark Mielke <mark@mark.mielke.cc>
To: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>,
       hch@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bitkeeper outrage, old and new
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On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 01:48:34AM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Larry McVoy wrote:
> > > You are asking for the power to silence criticism.  That is not
> > > freedom, that is a power.
> > [..]
> > I am not free to use GPL source in any way I wish and neither is anyone
> > else.
> Now I'd really like to know, how Richard forces you to use GPL software...

Don't make it so easy. Look at what Richard wrote.

He thinks people are bad for using Bit Keeper, because the Bit Keeper
license disagrees with his personal persuasions. He leaves no option for
people to choose based on functionality. Instead, they must choose based
on the ideals of Richard Stallman.

mark

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