From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262280AbVBQJrL (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Feb 2005 04:47:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262285AbVBQJrL (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Feb 2005 04:47:11 -0500 Received: from witte.sonytel.be ([80.88.33.193]:32231 "EHLO witte.sonytel.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262280AbVBQJrH (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Feb 2005 04:47:07 -0500 Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:46:41 +0100 (CET) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Pavel Machek cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [BK] upgrade will be needed In-Reply-To: <20050217000032.GG3865@elf.ucw.cz> Message-ID: References: <20050214020802.GA3047@bitmover.com> <200502142324.43269.gjury@inode.at> <20050214225704.GD16029@bitmover.com> <200502150029.15993.gjury@inode.at> <20050217000032.GG3865@elf.ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Pavel Machek wrote: > > >> if they really need the more powerful features. Or we could donate > > >> some on a case by case basis. > > >> > > >> If the hackers who are using BK can reach agreement that it would be > > >> better if the BK they had didn't move forward unless they got commercial > > >> seats then we could start moving towards a license on the free product > > >> that was less restrictive. What that would mean is that the BK you have > > > > > I want to pay the fee for Linus and Alan. > > > > I'd like to pay the fee to have Linus' license to use BK revoked. But > > I probably can't afford it, oh well :-) > > Easy, start working for OSDL, then start hacking arch or > whatever. Puff, you are his coworker, you are competing with Larry, > Linus license goes away. I don't know whether the kernel hackers that work for IBM use the `free' version of BK or not, but if they do, s/OSDL/IBM/ and s/arch/ClearCase/ and there's a problem... Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds