Re: Warning to Debian Developers regarding BitKeeper
"Miquel van Smoorenburg" <miquels@cistron.nl> writes:
> Common misconception. Ben cannot use the _free_ version of BK
> for free. If he buys a BK license there is no problem.
Buying the license might be a problem in itself. A perpetual BK
license is rather expensive, even compared to other proprietary SCM
systems.
> This mess is not BKs fault. It is Linus' fault for picking BK to
> maintain the kernel source - now some people have to buy a license
> to use BK to develop for the kernel.
I tend to agree, but I'm not sure about the "have to" part.
I think it's strange that free software development can no longer be
self-hosting.
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Florian Weimer Weimer@CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE
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