BitKeeper bon-voyage is a happy ending

[sime]

All is now well, but what have we learned?

http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/04/25/130207.shtml?tid=150&tid=89&tid=2

Later

Sime

[toadlife]

All is now well, but what have we learned?

http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/04/25/130207.shtml?tid=150&tid=89&tid=2

Later

Sime

Hmmm...what have we learned...

1) RMS is still his usuall fanatical self
2) RMS's writings are reminisent of the Communist Manifesto
3) In violating the license agreement of the software they were using, The Linux Dev team in turn, violated the the very same law (copyright law) the makes GPL possible. Doncha' just LOVE the irony.
4) You can't have your cake and eat it too. (see number 3 above)

All in all, I say good for them. They should have never started using Bitkeeper in the first place - not because it's not GPL software, but because of the "no-compete" licensing clause attached to it. They really should have seen this coming.

[Jenda]

I agree. It was a wrong decision straight from the start.

[piratePenguin]

RMS was right all along.

Linux, the kernel, is often thought of as the flagship of free software, yet its current version is partially non-free. How did this happen? This problem, like the decision to use Bitkeeper, reflects the attitude of the original developer of Linux, a person who thinks that ``technically better'' is more important than freedom.

Value your freedom, or you will lose it, teaches history. ``Don't bother us with politics,'' respond those who don't want to learn.