From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261620AbVBOEV7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:21:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261621AbVBOEV7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:21:59 -0500 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:27327 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261620AbVBOEV5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:21:57 -0500 Message-Id: <200502150335.j1F3ZwTb030977@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> To: Marcin Dalecki cc: lm@bitmover.com (Larry McVoy), Jeff Sipek , Matthew Jacob , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BK] upgrade will be needed In-Reply-To: Message from Marcin Dalecki of "Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:24:30 BST." X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.0.4; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 15) Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:35:58 -0300 From: Horst von Brand X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0b2 (inti.inf.utfsm.cl [200.1.19.1]); Tue, 15 Feb 2005 01:21:35 -0300 (CLST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Marcin Dalecki said: > On 2005-02-14, at 19:56, Larry McVoy wrote: > > All we are trying to do is > > > > 1. Provide the open source community with a useful tool. > > 2. Prevent that from turning into the open source community > > creating a clone of our tool. > Now that's pathetic! > You recognize that point 2. is precisely the reason Linux is all about > in first place? Remind you: Linux - a free UNIX/POSIX system > clone done by people who where previously working on UNIX in first place > and just wanted a free version of it. By definition it is just that... Linus has never worked on Unix in any form, and most of the other kernel hackers hasn't either. Ever. It goes so far that at least at IBM people working on AIX aren't allowed to even look at Linux code, and viceversa. Please don't spread SCOX type FUD. > And in this copy-cat community That sounds dangerously close to diffamation... > you intend to thrive as "Mother Theresa" > of SCM? You still wonder why you provoke disgruntling? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513