From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270589AbTGTAQa (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jul 2003 20:16:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270594AbTGTAQa (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jul 2003 20:16:30 -0400 Received: from h80ad2503.async.vt.edu ([128.173.37.3]:11938 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270589AbTGTAP4 (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jul 2003 20:15:56 -0400 Message-Id: <200307200030.h6K0UsbF018196@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4+dev To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Bitkeeper In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 19 Jul 2003 17:02:32 PDT." <20030720000232.GA28055@work.bitmover.com> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20030718204405.GA658@work.bitmover.com> <20030718222702.GC658@work.bitmover.com> <20030719204219.GG7977@fs.tum.de> <20030719215740.GD24197@work.bitmover.com> <20030719222838.GB6942@fs.tum.de> <20030719223956.GG24197@work.bitmover.com> <20030719234519.GC6942@fs.tum.de> <20030720000232.GA28055@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_-351131505P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 20:30:53 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_-351131505P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 17:02:32 PDT, Larry McVoy said: > Let's try and simplify this because having a legal discussion is pointless. > Our position is that we gave something out for free with an understanding > that you wouldn't reverse engineer it. Regardless of your legal rights or > lack thereof, should you attempt to reverse engineer BK we'll simply stop > giving BK out for free. See? Simple. You know guys, Larry would spend a lot less time having to make threats like this if people didn't start off by saying "Let's see how we can get a free Bitkeeper". I've seen *LOTS* of philosophical posturing and arguing about whether it's moral to rip Larry's software off, and what countries make it legal to do so. I've only seen *ONE* person (who's name I've forgotten but who needs to be praised) suggest finding some *FUNDING* for Larry so he doesn't worry about his revenue stream getting hosed. So Larry - *IF* funding was there, would you consider a business model similar to Hans Reiser's? --==_Exmh_-351131505P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE/GeK9cC3lWbTT17ARApGTAJ4nhPoO1wA973o2ZvMPFBqiMfQW3ACfZpJ+ 2lEAO4FZa3/ZUCctAfvhFEA= =boKW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-351131505P--