Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 18:38:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 18:38:31 -0400 Received: from 2-136.ctame701-1.telepar.net.br ([200.193.160.136]:18653 "EHLO 2-136.ctame701-1.telepar.net.br") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 18:38:30 -0400 Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:44:30 -0200 (BRST) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: riel@imladris.surriel.com To: Jon Portnoy cc: Richard Stallman , Subject: Re: Bitkeeper outrage, old and new In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-spambait: aardvark@kernelnewbies.org X-spammeplease: aardvark@nl.linux.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1100 Lines: 28 On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Jon Portnoy wrote: > The issue here is using non-free software to develop free software. This, > too, makes a political statement: "we don't mind if freedom is being > denied as long as we're able to work efficiently." Or more accurately: "we're using a non-free piece of software because none of the free software fanatics have gotten away from their flame^Wmail reader for a moment to create a suitable piece of free software." If you _really_ care about the Linux developers using a non-free piece of software and you want to change the situation, the only thing you need to do is write a suitable replacement that is free. cheers, Rik -- Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH". http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/ Current spamtrap: october@surriel.com - 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/