Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261660AbUJaVO6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:14:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261661AbUJaVO6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:14:58 -0500 Received: from ipcop.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.15]:28132 "EHLO work.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261660AbUJaVOt (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:14:49 -0500 Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 13:14:36 -0800 From: Larry McVoy To: Pavel Machek Cc: Ram?n Rey Vicente , Xavier Bestel , James Bruce , Linus Torvalds , Roman Zippel , Andrea Arcangeli , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: BK kernel workflow Message-ID: <20041031211436.GE27728@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Pavel Machek , Ram?n Rey Vicente , 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> <20041029173642.GA5318@work.bitmover.com> <20041031210323.GG5578@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041031210323.GG5578@elf.ucw.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1477 Lines: 30 On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 10:03:23PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > 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. > > Actually, I probably could not, due to legal reasons. Or do you tell > me that it is okay for people to develop BK2ARCH importer tool, using > documented interfaces, with free version of bitkeeper? Pavel, you've burned up any goodwill you may have once had. You getting an exception to the BK license is about as likely as you getting a date with Halle Berry. If that happens, swing by to introduce me and I'll be happy to reconsider. -- --- 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/