Re: Bitkeeper outrage, old and new

John Jasen
2002-10-20T23:01:20Z

On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Jon Portnoy wrote:

> Would it be okay to use Microsoft products to develop free software as
> long as said products made development efficient? In my opinion, Bitkeeper
> is no better than Microsoft due to the 'you may not use this if your
> company develops competing software' issue. This is heavy-handed
> authoritarianism.

As Larry McVoy said before, they may not use the free version. They can
buy the commercial version.

> I can understand denying those individuals who develop
> competing software a free seat; I most certainly don't agree with it, but
> I can understand it. What about people who work for large companies that
> may, in fact, have a product that could compete with Bitkeeper?

As Larry McVoy said before, they can apply for an exemption.

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