Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261691AbUJ1PQs (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:16:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261169AbUJ1POh (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:14:37 -0400 Received: from ipcop.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.15]:63957 "EHLO work.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261691AbUJ1PKR (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:10:17 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:10:04 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Xavier Bestel Cc: Larry McVoy , James Bruce , Linus Torvalds , Roman Zippel , Andrea Arcangeli , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: BK kernel workflow Message-ID: <20041028151004.GA3934@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Xavier Bestel , Larry McVoy , James Bruce , Linus Torvalds , Roman Zippel , Andrea Arcangeli , Linux Kernel References: <20041025162022.GA27979@work.bitmover.com> <20041025164732.GE14325@dualathlon.random> <4180B9E9.3070801@andrew.cmu.edu> <20041028135348.GA18099@work.bitmover.com> <1098972379.3109.24.camel@gonzales> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1098972379.3109.24.camel@gonzales> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 04:06:20PM +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote: > Le jeu 28/10/2004 ?? 15:53, Larry McVoy a ??crit : > > > The reason it is worded that way is so that we avoid the situation where > > one guy is doing the work on $SCM and the other guy is sitting there > > running BK commands in order to reverse engineer BK. > > I don't think you can stop that from happening, legally. Since you haven't paid for the product, copyright law applies and that's quite different than contract law. You get a certain set of rights, which vary worldwide, when you buy something. Copyright is far more restrictive. "Fair use" != "reverse engineering" in any venue so far as I know. As always, IANAL, so contact yours for clarification. -- --- 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/