Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261653AbUJaVVy (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:21:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261456AbUJaVVy (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:21:54 -0500 Received: from gprs214-91.eurotel.cz ([160.218.214.91]:22917 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261653AbUJaVVg (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:21:36 -0500 Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 22:21:11 +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: <20041031212111.GF1430@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> <20041031210323.GG5578@elf.ucw.cz> <20041031211436.GE27728@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041031211436.GE27728@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, 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. :-) Okay, once more, same question. Mail above says that "You > > > could create your own CVS2BK tool, your own BK2CVS tool, etc.". Probably not me. But lets say Halle Berry. Is she allowed to create CVS2ARCH tool? The mail above seems to suggest she is... Is my impression right? "Is Halle Berry allowed to write CVS2ARCH 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/