From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270365AbTGRUQE (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2003 16:16:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270373AbTGRUQE (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2003 16:16:04 -0400 Received: from smtp012.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.173.32]:16654 "HELO smtp012.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S270370AbTGRUP6 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2003 16:15:58 -0400 From: Michael Buesch To: rms@gnu.org Subject: Re: Bitkeeper Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 22:30:17 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: In-Reply-To: Cc: linux kernel mailing list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Description: clearsigned data Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200307182230.17803.fsdeveloper@yahoo.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 18 July 2003 21:51, Richard Stallman wrote: > > If you are trying to copy BK, give it up. We'll simply follow in the > > footsteps of every other company faced with this sort of thing and > > change the protocol every 6 months. Since you would be chasing us > > you can never catch up. If you managed to stay close then we'd put > > digital signatures into the protocol to prevent your clone from > > interoperating with BK. > > I think it would be appropriate at this point to write a free client > that talks with Bitkeeper, and for Linux developers to start switching > to that from Bitkeeper. At that point, McVoy will face a hard choice: > if he carries out these threats, he risks alienating the community > that he hopes will market Bitkeeper for him. Hi Richard. You're ready for a small flame-war with Larry? 8-) First I think, this list isn't the correct place for starting a bk-flame again. But I also share your opinion, that it's time to write even a free client. But how hard will it be? How big is the knowlege of the protocols bk uses? It'll be not easy, but for sure very interesting. - -- Regards Michael Buesch http://www.8ung.at/tuxsoft Penguin on this machine: Linux 2.4.21 - i386 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/GFjZoxoigfggmSgRAs7XAJ4tZybSXfPTdk7I9cSIuUYSM72xXACfaeOZ k2QsR3KsL6HxXXj1y/ECdn0= =2Wzr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----