Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261349AbUJaVDp (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:03:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261368AbUJaVDp (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:03:45 -0500 Received: from gprs214-91.eurotel.cz ([160.218.214.91]:20357 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261349AbUJaVDn (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:03:43 -0500 Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 22:03:23 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Larry McVoy , Ram?n Rey Vicente , Xavier Bestel , James Bruce , Linus Torvalds , Roman Zippel , Andrea Arcangeli , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: BK kernel workflow Message-ID: <20041031210323.GG5578@elf.ucw.cz> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041029173642.GA5318@work.bitmover.com> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 -- People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers... ...jr ghea gurz vagb qrirybcref, naq gurl frrz gb yvxr vg gung jnl! - 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/