<quote who="QuantumG"> > The only reason they can do it is because they control the repository.
That's claptrap. It's because their tree has the momentum. If anyone forked, creating way more momentum (cf. xorg), Novell copyright assignment would no longer be relevant. But they maintain the momentum, because they've done nothing wrong by the community, and there's no value forking. > If GNU Arch was more widely used people wouldn't mind getting lots of > patches from lots of different places and this kind of centralization > wouldn't be something these companies could capitalize on. Don't attempt to solve social problems with technology (much as I enjoy arch). Plus, you're referring to "these companies" as if they're eating seals or molesting children. They're writing Free Software for you and I! - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2005: Canberra, Australia http://linux.conf.au/ "If I can't be near you I would rather be adrift in space." - Neil Finn, Try Whistling This -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
