Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 16:28:07 -0500 From: "Will Saxon" <WillS@housing.ufl.edu> To: "Chris Laverdure" <dashevil@sympatico.ca>, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD 6.0 and onwards Message-ID: <0E972CEE334BFE4291CD07E056C76ED802E87561@bragi.housing.ufl.edu>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Chris Laverdure > Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 4:15 PM > To: M. Warner Losh > Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 and onwards >=20 >=20 > On Mon, 2004-11-08 at 16:00, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > In message: <20041107034114.GA56337@crodrigues.org> > > Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org> writes: > > : RCS, then how about Bitkeeper? It is quite popular > >=20 > > It's license is totally unacceptible for our needs. It is=20 > worse than > > commerical: it prohibits me from developing my own version control > > system whether or not I actually use it to do so. > >=20 > > Warner >=20 > How is that legal? >=20 I read a discussion off of one of the linux lists about this. If I=20 recall correctly, the owner of that software justifies it by saying=20 that normally you have to pay for a license. Since he was not=20 charging the linux ppl for it, he felt like he could put terms like=20 that into their license, with his out being 'if you don't like it,=20 you can buy a real license.' I believe if you buy a real license to use BitKeeper vs. using their=20 goofball 'free' license you can develop whatever you want.=20 I have no say since I don't develop anything, but my 2 cents is, that=20 product should not be used out of principle, even if it does everything that needs to be done and more. The discussion I read pretty clearly described to me the owner's attitude; it is not an attitude I would wish to validate through support of the product. -Will
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