Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263418AbUJ2Rj7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:39:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263162AbUJ2RjE (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:39:04 -0400 Received: from ipcop.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.15]:12713 "EHLO work.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263382AbUJ2Rg6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:36:58 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:36:42 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Ram?n Rey Vicente Cc: Larry McVoy , Xavier Bestel , James Bruce , Linus Torvalds , Roman Zippel , Andrea Arcangeli , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: BK kernel workflow Message-ID: <20041029173642.GA5318@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Ram?n Rey Vicente , Larry McVoy , Xavier Bestel , 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> <41827B89.4070809@hispalinux.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41827B89.4070809@hispalinux.es> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1492 Lines: 30 On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 07:19:05PM +0200, Ram?n Rey Vicente wrote: > In Spain, reverse engineering is allowed for interoperability. And in lots of other places. Which has been mentioned in this and other instances of this discussion for the last 5 years. And the response is that BK already gives you documented ways to interoperate, extensively documented, in fact. You can get data and/or metadata into and out of BK from the command line. You could create your own network protocol, client, and server using the documented interfaces that BK has. You could create your own CVS2BK tool, your own BK2CVS tool, etc., all using documented interfaces. The point of the interoperability hole is for commercial products which try and lock up your data. We don't do that, in fact, we are *dramatically* more open about getting data in and out, with all the metadata, than any other commercial product. Go try and get the same information from Perforce, Clearcase, or even CVS or Subversion. Good luck. Given that BK isn't hiding anything, the "reverse engineering for interoperability" does not apply. Hello? Anyone listening? Didn't think so. Sigh. -- --- 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/