Messages in this thread | | | From | Manu Abraham <> | Subject | Re: BK kernel workflow | Date | Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:09:29 +0400 |
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On Fri October 29 2004 2:45 am, Larry McVoy wrote: > On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 11:03:42PM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote: > > [complaints about the awful horrible evil BK2CVS tool] > > You > do not get to use BK metadata to do so either, those are also our rules. >
The contents of the BK, ie the metadata is Free software, licensed under the GPL. Therefore i don't understand .. Isn't this then a violation of the GPL ?
Isn't this something like M$ stating that you are the property of M$ because you are using one of their systems. Worser still ? Do you mean to say M$ owns all *.doc, *.xls files etc as an example... If so, then that is really bad ..
> Free software, at least > some of it, is no more than a copy. >
sarcasm ? Even the linux kernel is free software .. Isn't this is just like M$ marketing talk ?
> It's my claim that I value free software even *more* than you do. Why?
It's a contradiction, considering the earlier two statements.
I agree to the fact that BK has made Kernel development faster, which has therefore helped.
I'm not a BK user. I download the tarballs, but the statements by Mr. Larry has shaken me a bit.
As per the statements by Mr. Larry, what i understood is that the BK metadata belongs to Mr. Larry legally as per the US rules and regulations.
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