Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263025AbUJ1X0h (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:26:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263092AbUJ1XZT (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:25:19 -0400 Received: from mail1.webmaster.com ([216.152.64.168]:42769 "EHLO mail1.webmaster.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263047AbUJ1XWh (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:22:37 -0400 From: "David Schwartz" To: Cc: "Xavier Bestel" , "Linux Kernel" Subject: RE: BK kernel workflow Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:22:25 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 In-Reply-To: <41814ACF.5000705@backtobasicsmgmt.com> X-Authenticated-Sender: joelkatz@webmaster.com X-Spam-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:59:01 -0700 (not processed: message from trusted or authenticated source) X-MDRemoteIP: 206.171.168.138 X-Return-Path: davids@webmaster.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-To: davids@webmaster.com X-MDAV-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:59:03 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 754 Lines: 24 > David Schwartz wrote: > > As I understand the law, at least in the United States, you > > have the exact > > same rights whether you buy the product or get it for free, so > > long as you > > acquire it legally. > But there's the rub: acquiring it legally (for free) requires acceptance > of the license terms. I just downloaded bitkeeper, and I didn't have to consent to any license. So you can legally acquire BitKeeper without accepting the license terms. So this whole argument is irrelevent DS - 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/