On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 03:30:47PM -0600, Tom Felker wrote:
> I really think the fewer restrictions you put on BK's use, the less likely it 
> will be copied.  When the open source community copies something, it's not 
> out 
> of a desire to screw somebody over.  It's because they had an itch, a 
> software need that couldn't easily be fulfilled otherwise, a demand.
> 
> Apparently there is a demand for good SCM, and BK can satisfy this, and 
> you've 
> done the very admirable thing of letting the open source community use BK at 
> no cost.  But by putting such a heavy restriction on its use, you create a 
> large portion of the community who won't or can't use it, and who therefore 
> need a "copy" of it, which is exactly what you are trying to prevent.

I fully agree.

Josef "Jeff" Sipek

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