Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 29 Apr 2002 16:34:30 -0300 (BRT) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [OFF TOPIC] BK license change |
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On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > In short: go build a better answer, and until you do it, how about > > easing off on the "BK is evil corporate software" mantra a bit? It's > > BK *is* evil corporate software, with unique trapdoor capabilities, and > with unique ability to take away rights from user any time it wants.
BK is made available to us at no cost; BK is saving Linus and Marcelo a lot of work, making it possible for them to merge more patches into the kernel.
If you only spent 10% of the energy you spent complaining on making a bitkeeper replacement, maybe you'd realise that Larry is making a very useful contribution.
regards,
Rik -- Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH".
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