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From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>
To: Jeff Garzik <garzik@havoc.gtf.org>
Subject: Re: BK, deltas, snapshots and fate of -pre...
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 20:05:25 +0200
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On Monday 22 April 2002 19:52, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> (Linus CC removed)
> 
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 07:44:43PM +0200, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> > Focussed on BitKeeper.  It's the license.  Simple, we can all coexist happily,
> > and profit from each other's endeavors, but our little commons here should not
> > be carrying Bitkeeper ads.
> 
> Should we remove all mention of .com email addresses too?
> 
> On of the very few requirements of my job at mandrakesoft is to use
> a mandrakesoft.com email address... as advertisement.  Many other
> email addresses are used similarly.  reiserfs included _blatant_
> advertisements in printk, for the sponsors of the code.  A ton of
> other code has similar advertisements, though not at
> 
> Should we remove all advertisements from the kernel?  A Big Penguin
> would probably object to the removal of this printk advertisement
> for Swansea:
> 
> 	Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
> 	Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
> 
> If the answer is no, then you are targetting BitKeeper specifically...

Excellent point.  If the BitKeeper advertising in the kernel source were
held to that level, I would be satisfied.

-- 
Daniel
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