Can we please end this discussion about the BK license now? Or at least take it off list?
As for BitKeeper vs CVS (for the DRI), this is what it breaks down to: 1) The BK license possibly forbids at least one DRI developer from using the free version of BK. 2) Other DRI developers have moral objections to using BK, nor is it reasonable to expect these developers to now have another individual act as their gateway for patching the tree. As such, BitKeeper is not an acceptable solution in this case. In addition, other possible solutions, allowing the developers to continue using CVS, are available. The end. On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Larry McVoy wrote: > On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 06:05:08PM +0200, Dieter N?tzel wrote: > > > If that's so, you are hurting the community > > > over a licensing issue which doesn't effect anyone who doesn't want to > > > be effected. Seems a tad extreme. > > > > Didn't licensing issues hurting the community enough in generall? > > I'd like to know how the BK licensing issues have damaged any community. > Other than a pile of flames, noone is showing any damage and there is a > lot of value added. Trot over to the Linux space and you'll see that even > the most fanatical free software folks admit things are much better now. > > People claim that our license is a problem but the only real problem is > the people making the noise. All sorts of people have said they are going > to reinvent BK, they tinker around for a few days or a few months and then > they give it up, it's every bit as hard as I said it was. > > I think that the single biggest problem with the BK license is that there > isn't anything in it that makes sure that you still get BK if BitMover > goes under or I get hit by a truck. We're trying to figure out how to > fix that because that's a reasonable concern. > -- > --- > Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Dri-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
