From: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: BitKeeper
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 08:21:36 +0000 (GMT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200302150821.h1F8Lavd000281@darkstar.example.net> (raw)
The re-occuring thread about BitKeeper, and the appropriateness of
using a closed-source tool to develop open source software is here yet
again, and I'd just like to point out a few things:
1. Linus chose to use BitKeeper, presumably because it makes his work
easier.
2. If people annoy Larry enough, he can stop providing hosting for us
at bkbits, and stop providing new BitKeeper versions.
If anybody ends up making point number 2 happen, do you think Linus is
going to be happy about it?
Regardless of your views on closed-source software, that is something
to think about.
Linux is an open source project - anybody is free to fork it and
maintain their own tree, but so far nobody has. Quite the opposite,
infact - everybody is trying to get their patches accepted in to
Linus' tree.
If you don't like BitKeeper, why not write an alternative?
John.
next reply other threads:[~2003-02-15 8:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 87+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-15 8:21 John Bradford [this message]
2003-02-15 22:26 ` BitKeeper Pavel Machek
2003-02-16 11:40 ` BitKeeper John Bradford
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-03-07 16:23 BitKeeper Amit Vijairania
2006-03-07 17:51 ` BitKeeper Yoanis Gil Delgado
2006-03-07 17:08 ` BitKeeper Amit Vijairania
2006-03-07 18:15 ` BitKeeper Yoanis Gil Delgado
2006-03-07 18:33 ` BitKeeper Hans Reiser
2006-03-07 18:31 ` BitKeeper Hans Reiser
2006-03-07 22:27 ` BitKeeper Peter van Hardenberg
2005-04-07 22:03 Bitkeeper Paul Dorman
2005-04-07 22:18 ` Bitkeeper Jacob Gorm Hansen
2005-04-07 23:26 ` Bitkeeper Tupshin Harper
2005-04-07 23:53 ` Bitkeeper Jacob Gorm Hansen
2005-04-07 23:55 ` Bitkeeper Scott Parish
2005-04-08 0:21 ` Bitkeeper Jacob Gorm Hansen
2005-04-08 0:21 ` Bitkeeper Scott Parish
2005-04-08 6:55 ` Bitkeeper Chris Wright
2005-04-10 15:34 ` Bitkeeper Sean Perry
2005-04-11 6:54 ` Bitkeeper Jacob Gorm Hansen
2005-04-12 0:21 ` Bitkeeper David Hopwood
2004-08-16 22:21 Bitkeeper Brown, Len
2004-08-16 21:43 Bitkeeper Nathan Bryant
2003-07-19 16:00 Bitkeeper John Bradford
2003-07-19 16:17 ` Bitkeeper Mark Mielke
2003-07-19 10:33 Bitkeeper John Bradford
2003-07-18 19:51 Bitkeeper Richard Stallman
2003-07-18 20:06 ` Bitkeeper Rik van Riel
2003-07-18 20:22 ` Bitkeeper nick
2003-07-18 20:40 ` Bitkeeper Shawn
2003-07-18 21:28 ` Bitkeeper Alan Cox
2003-07-19 23:45 ` Bitkeeper Pavel Machek
2003-07-20 0:23 ` Bitkeeper Jeff Garzik
2003-07-18 20:32 ` Bitkeeper Shawn
2003-07-18 20:44 ` Bitkeeper Rik van Riel
2003-07-19 18:42 ` Bitkeeper Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-07-19 18:49 ` Bitkeeper Larry McVoy
2003-07-19 18:57 ` Bitkeeper Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-07-19 19:05 ` Bitkeeper Larry McVoy
2003-07-19 20:02 ` Bitkeeper Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-07-18 20:09 ` Bitkeeper Trever L. Adams
2003-07-18 20:44 ` Bitkeeper Shawn
2003-07-18 21:03 ` Bitkeeper Larry McVoy
2003-07-18 21:58 ` Bitkeeper Trever L. Adams
2003-07-18 22:17 ` Bitkeeper Mike Fedyk
2003-07-18 22:39 ` Bitkeeper Alan Cox
2003-07-19 8:20 ` Bitkeeper Eric W. Biederman
2003-07-19 15:34 ` Bitkeeper Mark Mielke
2003-07-18 22:29 ` Bitkeeper Scott Robert Ladd
2003-07-18 20:30 ` Bitkeeper Michael Buesch
2003-07-18 20:36 ` Bitkeeper Shawn
2003-07-18 20:44 ` Bitkeeper Larry McVoy
2003-07-18 21:03 ` Bitkeeper Shawn
2003-07-18 21:08 ` Bitkeeper David Schwartz
2003-07-18 21:28 ` Bitkeeper Shawn
2003-07-18 21:23 ` Bitkeeper Alan Cox
2003-07-18 21:50 ` Bitkeeper David Lang
2003-07-18 21:54 ` Bitkeeper Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-07-18 22:16 ` Bitkeeper Alan Cox
2003-07-18 22:01 ` Bitkeeper Trever L. Adams
2003-07-18 22:27 ` Bitkeeper Larry McVoy
2003-07-19 9:45 ` Bitkeeper Marcus Metzler
2003-07-19 20:42 ` Bitkeeper Adrian Bunk
2003-07-19 21:57 ` Bitkeeper Larry McVoy
2003-07-19 22:28 ` Bitkeeper Adrian Bunk
2003-07-19 22:39 ` Bitkeeper Larry McVoy
2003-07-19 23:45 ` Bitkeeper Adrian Bunk
2003-07-20 0:02 ` Bitkeeper Larry McVoy
2003-07-20 0:10 ` Bitkeeper Tupshin Harper
2003-07-20 0:26 ` Bitkeeper Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-07-20 1:11 ` Bitkeeper Jeff Garzik
2003-07-20 0:23 ` Bitkeeper Jeff Garzik
2003-07-20 0:28 ` Bitkeeper jiho
2003-07-20 0:30 ` Bitkeeper Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-07-20 0:50 ` Bitkeeper Larry McVoy
2003-07-20 0:22 ` Bitkeeper Jeff Garzik
[not found] ` <3F19DA04.80809@c-zone.net>
[not found] ` <20030719235526.GA31428@work.bitmover.com>
2003-07-20 0:21 ` Bitkeeper jiho
2003-07-19 23:57 ` Bitkeeper Pavel Machek
2003-07-18 21:06 ` Bitkeeper Jörn Engel
2003-07-18 22:00 ` Bitkeeper Svein Ove Aas
2003-07-18 23:50 ` Bitkeeper James Simmons
2003-07-20 2:50 ` Bitkeeper Zack Brown
2002-10-14 15:11 bitkeeper Cameron, Steve
2002-10-14 15:14 ` bitkeeper Cort Dougan
2002-10-14 15:25 ` bitkeeper Hollis Blanchard
2002-10-15 8:45 ` bitkeeper fred
2002-10-15 9:47 ` bitkeeper Kenneth Johansson
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