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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 16:34:30 -0300 (BRT)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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To: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
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Subject: Re: [OFF TOPIC] BK license change
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On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Pavel Machek wrote:

> > In short: go build a better answer, and until you do it, how about
> > easing off on the "BK is evil corporate software" mantra a bit?  It's
>
> BK *is* evil corporate software, with unique trapdoor capabilities, and
> with unique ability to take away rights from user any time it wants.

BK is made available to us at no cost;  BK is saving Linus and
Marcelo a lot of work, making it possible for them to merge more
patches into the kernel.

If you only spent 10% of the energy you spent complaining on
making a bitkeeper replacement, maybe you'd realise that Larry
is making a very useful contribution.

regards,

Rik
-- 
Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH".

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