Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Apr 2002 20:47:39 +0100 | From | Anton Altaparmakov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Remove Bitkeeper documentation from Linux tree |
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At 19:37 22/04/02, Jonathan A. George wrote: >Jeff, > >The BK documentation constitutes an implicit advertisement and endorsement >of a product with a license which to many developers violates the spirit >of open source software. This is not to say that BK is not an effective >product, nor that the document in question is useful for people who choose >the tool, but to me it seems comparable to including a closed source >binary module in the kernel distribution. Moving the document to the BK >website would be nicer, and would certainly assauge bad feelings regarding >such an integral implicit endorsement of a tool. > >--Jonathan--
I hereby publically endorse the use of bitkeeper. I think it's a great tool and I think anyone who is not using it is missing out. Anyone who asks me what a good SCM to use is will hear "bitkeeper" from me. And I shall not change my mind until a better or at least as good tool becomes available.
Taking out the document only because it describes a non-free tool is ridiculous. I don't object to the removal per se. I could live with that. I object to the REASONS for removal.
And I am prepared to speak for that, in case you hadn't noticed. (-;
How about that?
Best regards,
Anton
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