Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262921AbUJ1VqW (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:46:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262885AbUJ1ViE (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:38:04 -0400 Received: from ipcop.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.15]:15241 "EHLO work.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262957AbUJ1Vgr (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:36:47 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:35:34 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Xavier Bestel , Larry McVoy , James Bruce , Linus Torvalds , Roman Zippel , Andrea Arcangeli , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: BK kernel workflow Message-ID: <20041028213534.GA29335@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Adrian Bunk , Xavier Bestel , Larry McVoy , James Bruce , Linus Torvalds , Roman Zippel , Andrea Arcangeli , Linux Kernel References: <4180B9E9.3070801@andrew.cmu.edu> <20041028135348.GA18099@work.bitmover.com> <1098972379.3109.24.camel@gonzales> <20041028151004.GA3934@work.bitmover.com> <20041028195947.GD3207@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041028195947.GD3207@stusta.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1350 Lines: 26 > Note that German copyright lay doesn't differentiate whether you paid > or not - it only requires that you allowed to use the program. Sure, but you aren't allowed to use it if you are going to do this. That's pretty unambiguous as well and we think we can make it stick, or at least that's what the lawyers have told me. It's most unfortunate that people take the position "hey, I can rip off your stuff, here's the law that says so" when it is something we gave them to use for free. All that means is that we stopped improving the free version and put all the effort into the commercial version because we just can't afford the risk exposure. All of the "we can do whatever we want" statements may well be true, I don't really know and don't really care. But the fact that people take the attitude that it's OK to bite the hand that feeds you is doing nothing but shooting yourself in the foot. What are we supposed to do in the face of "I can rip you off, here's the law"? Give you more stuff to copy? -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitkeeper.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/