Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261297AbTIXCs2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2003 22:48:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261299AbTIXCs1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2003 22:48:27 -0400 Received: from ppp-217-133-42-200.cust-adsl.tiscali.it ([217.133.42.200]:24476 "EHLO velociraptor.random") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261297AbTIXCs0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2003 22:48:26 -0400 Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 04:48:31 +0200 From: Andrea Arcangeli To: Linus Torvalds Cc: andrea@kernel.org, Larry McVoy , Kernel Mailing List , Matthew Wilcox , Marcelo Tosatti , Larry McVoy Subject: Re: log-buf-len dynamic Message-ID: <20030924024831.GO16314@velociraptor.random> References: <20030924020409.GL16314@velociraptor.random> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key: 1024D/68B9CB43 13D9 8355 295F 4823 7C49 C012 DFA1 686E 68B9 CB43 X-PGP-Key: 1024R/CB4660B9 CC A0 71 81 F4 A0 63 AC C0 4B 81 1D 8C 15 C8 E5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2184 Lines: 47 On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 07:36:39PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 andrea@kernel.org wrote: > > > > It's because I grow up that I can actually better understand the deals > > it's in my own (again speaking only for myself and not for anybody else) > > interest to avoid. > > You've claimed this now twice. > > However, that only explains why you don't use BitKeeper. And everybody > accepts that. When I started to use BK, I made it _very_ clear that > service for non-BK users will be _at_least_ as good as it ever was before > I started using BK. > > And I think everybody agrees that is true. ChangeLogs, CVS exports, daily > snapshots. And that's just the advantages to _others_. > > But your lack of interest in BK does _not_ explain why you whine about it, > and try to goad Larry, and just generally are nasty about it. I wasn't whining about BK at all, nor about the licence, I just advertized the open links in my signature, the word "refuse" may be not a nice one, I didn't feel to be rude when I wrote it, now I changed it and I hope it's a more friendly wording, though the meaning it's the same. > approach: even if you disapprove of Larry's license, you should defend his > _right_ to that license. Instead of whining about it. I defend his right to the licence, it makes perfect business sense, if he wanted to be safer he had to take a couple of patents too I guess (but I'm not a lawyer and I certainly prefer the licence to the patents). I don't think I ever complained to the licence. I only said I'm not applying to the licence and _you_ have to respect my _right_ not to use the software and to advertize the _open_ links, without seeing it as an offensive thing. Andrea - If you prefer relying on open source software, check these links: rsync.kernel.org::pub/scm/linux/kernel/bkcvs/linux-2.[45]/ http://www.cobite.com/cvsps/ svn://svn.kernel.org/linux-2.[46]/trunk - 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/