Messages in this thread | | | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: Is the BitKeeper network protocol documented? | Date | Mon, 20 Jan 2003 20:40:42 +0000 (GMT) |
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> >so are you saying it's illegal for an opensource project to use a > >commercial version control system, or that use of such a version > >control > >system by a GPL project forces the company to GPL their version > >control system? > > I don't understand how I can be clearer than I've already been. The > GPL requires you to do some things if you want to distribute > binaries. One of those things is to distribute the source code in the > "preferred form" for modifying it. Thus, if you don't have the source > code in its preferred form for making modifications, you can't > distribute binaries.
OK - my current, (I.E. for this evening), prefered form is EBCDIC on a set of 80 or so 9-track tapes. Where can I get a copy of the kernel source in this format?
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