From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 8 21:28:09 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2737D16A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 21:28:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.housing.ufl.edu (smtp.housing.ufl.edu [128.227.47.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FAFE43D55 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 21:28:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from WillS@housing.ufl.edu) Received: (qmail 64513 invoked by uid 98); 8 Nov 2004 16:28:07 -0500 Received: from WillS@housing.ufl.edu by smtp.housing.ufl.edu by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.20 (spamassassin: 3.0.1. Clear:RC:1(128.227.47.18):. Processed in 0.014851 secs); 08 Nov 2004 21:28:07 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: WillS@housing.ufl.edu via smtp.housing.ufl.edu X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.20 (Clear:RC:1(128.227.47.18):. Processed in 0.014851 secs) Received: from bragi.housing.ufl.edu (128.227.47.18) by smtp.housing.ufl.edu with (RC4-MD5 encrypted) SMTP; 8 Nov 2004 16:28:07 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6556.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 16:28:07 -0500 Message-ID: <0E972CEE334BFE4291CD07E056C76ED802E87561@bragi.housing.ufl.edu> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: FreeBSD 6.0 and onwards Thread-Index: AcTF2C0JUJ2xJTJdTp2ofLTyf0JF7gAAPoMg From: "Will Saxon" To: "Chris Laverdure" , "M. Warner Losh" cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD 6.0 and onwards X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 21:28:09 -0000 > -----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 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