Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 05 Oct 2002 07:30:17 -0700 | From | walt <> | Subject | Re: New BK License Problem? |
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Hans Reiser wrote: > tom_gall@mac.com wrote: > >> Greetings all, >> >> I noticed Larry recently changed the license on bk. Once clause in >> particular struck me and I thought I'd better point it out for your >> reactions... >> >> Specifically from Section 3: >> >> (d) Notwithstanding any other terms in this License, this >> License is not available to You if You and/or your >> employer develop, produce, sell, and/or resell a >> product which contains substantially similar capabil- >> ities of the BitKeeper Software, or, in the reason- >> able opinion of BitMover, competes with the BitKeeper >> Software. >> > Seems like a pretty straightforward violation of the anti-trust laws, > and a conspiracy to restrain trade...
I Am Not A Lawyer, but AFAIK the anti-trust laws in no way obligate a business to aid its own competitors.
Restraint of trade occurs when two competitors conspire to crush a third competitor. Who is Larry's co-conspirator in your scenario?
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