Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Feb 2005 20:44:28 +0100 | From | Matthias Andree <> | Subject | Re: [BK] upgrade will be needed |
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On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Larry McVoy wrote:
> So how would you suggest that we resolve it? The protection we need is > that people don't get to > > - use BK > - stop using BK so they can go work on another system > - start using BK again > - stop using BK so they can go work on another system > ...
Add a cancellation period or a relicense block to BK/Free.
For instance:
1. $licensee can cancel his license with 30 days period before end of a month
2. BK/Free license is not available to (1) people who have worked on a system essentially similar to BK in the past six weeks, (2) people who have had their BK/Free license terminated within the past six weeks for any reason other than a new BK version becoming available.
> So what do you want us to do? This isn't a change to take stuff from > you, it's a change that some of your peers asked us to do so they could > use BK (and it would be nice if the people who wanted this are reading > this thread and will speak up so it doesn't look like I'm making it up).
This is, by your leave, ridiculous. I was, so far, allowed to stop using BK/Free on day #1 and hack non-BK SCM on day #2. I understand you don't want users to repeat this sequence, use BK on every odd day of month and hack non-BK SCM on every even day, and I haven't done that (I haven't hacked SCM).
> What we've been doing so far is telling people who were worried to act as > if there were a year long gap and they have been happy with that answer > but they are asking for us to put it in the license so they don't have > to depend on some email based side agreement.
So have them send a SSAE and pass that note in writing.
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