Re: BK, deltas, snapshots and fate of -pre...

Richard Gooch
2002-04-28T17:41:11Z

Roman Zippel writes:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Richard Gooch wrote:
>
> > I've added two subsections to the FAQ about this, which I hope will
> > avoid some future flamewars:
> > http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s1-21
>
> You should fix the first paragraph, read

You should learn to not say "you should" but instead "I suggest".

> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html if you don't know anymore what
> free software is.

OK, I'll add this link, but I'd feel more comfortable adding this if
there was a URL I could quote for the opposing view, and hence be more
balanced. But I guess no-one has bothered to write a manifesto. If
someone has or does, let me know.

The purpose of the FAQ entry isn't to support a particular view, but
to serve as a "State of the Community" notice.

> "at no charge" is questionable, Larry wants no money in some cases,
> but he wants log entries, so please just link to the license ("bk
> help bkl" is useless, if one just to know the licence) and advise
> the user to carefully read it, before using bk.

Adding a URL is good. Fortunately, some other people have sent me the
URL, so I can include that as well now.

Regards,

Richard....
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