Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Oct 2002 13:06:21 -0300 (BRT) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: New BK License Problem? |
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On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Jan Harkes wrote:
> I'm expecting that all the BK->gnu patch gateways will be shut down in > about 5 years,
I doubt that, the BK->patch "gateway" is a necessary part of kernel development. Without it, bitkeeper would stop being useful.
I could be wrong, but I'm under the impression that Larry doesn't want others to just copy bitkeeper to come up with a free tool almost as good as bitkeeper. There is no vendor lock-in or anything else going on, afaics.
People who want to make something better than bitkeeper can simply rsync the BK/SCCS repository from nl.linux.org and use some SCCS clone to import the kernel data and commit comments into their own repository ... they just can't use bitkeeper to help them with their work.
regards,
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