Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262145AbVBQOJO (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Feb 2005 09:09:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262151AbVBQOJO (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Feb 2005 09:09:14 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:22798 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262145AbVBQOIB (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Feb 2005 09:08:01 -0500 Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:07:56 +0000 From: Citizen Number 24655 To: Citizen Number 52642 Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [BK] upgrade will be needed Message-ID: <20050217140756.A19449@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Citizen Number 52642 , Geert Uytterhoeven , Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <20050214020802.GA3047@bitmover.com> <200502142324.43269.gjury@inode.at> <20050214225704.GD16029@bitmover.com> <200502150029.15993.gjury@inode.at> <20050217000032.GG3865@elf.ucw.cz> <20050217123603.GA1477@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20050217123603.GA1477@elf.ucw.cz>; from pavel@ucw.cz on Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 01:36:03PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1417 Lines: 32 On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 01:36:03PM +0100, Citizen Number 52642 wrote: > > > Easy, start working for OSDL, then start hacking arch or > > > whatever. Puff, you are his coworker, you are competing with Larry, > > > Linus license goes away. > > > > I don't know whether the kernel hackers that work for IBM use the `free' > > version of BK or not, but if they do, s/OSDL/IBM/ and s/arch/ClearCase/ and > > there's a problem... > > Actually someone should show the license agreement to IBM (and Novell, > for that matter) lawyers. I guess next thing would be company-wide > search-and-destroy aimed at bitkeeper ;-). I think this attitude is completely rediculous. What you are suggesting is taking away peoples right to choose to use BitKeeper if they decide that it fits what they want to use it for, and that they can live with the license terms (and/or have a special agreement with BitMover for that purpose.) Sure, that sounds exactly like a free world, Citizen Number 52642. -- Citizen Number 24655 Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 PCMCIA - http://pcmcia.arm.linux.org.uk/ 2.6 Serial core - 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/