Re: [OT] Re: kill BK (Re: who is "we"? project goals (was: Re: Svn as a changeset engine.))

In a message dated: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 14:29:13 PDT
Tom Lord said:

> Tom Lord <lord@regexps.com> writes:
> > Ob Free Software Nut Comment: BitMover is actively sabotaging the
> > free software community -- the community is in crisis. There are
> > ethical reasons to step away from your current plans.
>
> ROTFL!
>
> Tom, I don't know what in the hell you're smoking,
>
>Nor I you. BitMover buddied up to the kernel project, obtained
>license-based leverage, and is now actively using that leverage to
>work against people seeking to displace BK in the free software
>community. The community has been maliciously hacked.

I'm trying to figure out where you see this happening. Larry McVoy
specifically stated that the only place this applies is if you are
using BK on a project which directly competes with BK, i.e.
Subversion, CVS, etc. AND, the only version of BK this applies to is
the FREE version.

It makes perfect sense that they should not support their own demise.
There's nothing stated anywhere that I've seen that says one can not
PURCHASE a copy of BK and use *that* to work on the competition.

There is no conflict if you are using the free BK license and *not*
working on a competing project. Additionally, if you are working on
both a competing project *and* a non-competing project which use BK
as their revision control system, there is no conflict if you use BK
on the non-competing project but something else on the competing
project.

The only thing lm has stated is that he will not actively fund
something which competes with his business. This not only makes
sense, but is perfectly fair. Besides, you don't *need* BK to work
on the Linux Kernel, it's just a nicety (many people have refused to
use BK on moral grounds and are apparently getting on fine without
it!).

Just my $.000000001.

Back to our regularly scheduled flame-war :)

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Seeya,
Paul
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