Re: New BK License Problem?

jbradford
2002-10-06T18:19:04Z

> You can argue all you like that I'm wrong, I'm misguided, I don't have
> a clue about opensource or whatever. The problem is that if I did what
> you'd like to see, GPL the code, and it turns out I was right, there is no
> turning back. That's a gamble I'm unwilling to make because I am positive
> of the outcome. And given what I've been doing for the last 5 years,
> my knowledge is probably more complete than your for this particular
> space. I know it isn't a popular position to take, I'd love to be the
> guy everyone loved instead of hated, but I'm not going to screw up BK's
> future and our ability to support our users to win a popularity contest.

Roughly how much would you want to raise, in order to GPL Bit Keeper? Seriously, this was done with Blender...

John.