Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 15 Mar 2003 23:01:09 -0600 | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | Re: Never ever use word BitKeeper if Larry does not like you |
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On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 12:57:21AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > On Sat, 2003-03-15 at 12:20, Pavel Machek wrote: > > When Larry claims that BitKeeper is too similar to bit bucket, I'll > > roll on the floor, laughing, and print his words onto the > > T-shirt. [Bit bucket is jargon term for /dev/null, > > http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/b/bit_bucket.html] > > Larry is right about the similarity of terms. Parody in certain > cases deals with copyright protections but not trademarks.
I've already suggested to Pavel that an open BitKeeper alternative ought to be named "SourceGiver".
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