From: jbradford@dial.pipex.com
Message-Id: <200210221953.g9MJrvP6002833@darkstar.example.net>
Subject: [FLAMEWAR] Bitkeeper waffle
To: mark@mark.mielke.cc (Mark Mielke)
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 20:53:57 +0100 (BST)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
In-Reply-To: <20021022192442.GA1814@mark.mielke.cc> from "Mark Mielke" at Oct 22, 2002 03:24:42 PM
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> On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 01:46:04PM +0100, jbradford@dial.pipex.com wrote:
> > It was initially developed as a C front end to VUCK, but was later
> > re-written, using none of the VUCK code, but initially keeping parts
> > of the C front end.  The GNU project was originally developed without
> > using any proprietary software.
> 
> > So, non-GPL software was used, but the software that was used was, at
> > least to begin with, all non-proprietary.
> 
> Even if this was true (I have no reason to doubt it)...
> 
> Is the idea that "Free Software Providers" must use "Free Software" to
> produce a reasonable decree from the king of "Free Software"?

It's up to everybody to decide what suits them.  I was only answering
a question about the GNU project, I wasn't trying to tell anybody what
software they should and shouldn't use.

John.
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