From: Oliver Xymoron <oxymoron@waste.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Never ever use word BitKeeper if Larry does not like you
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 23:01:09 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030316050109.GL29032@waste.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1047776240.1327.3.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk>
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 12:57:21AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-03-15 at 12:20, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > When Larry claims that BitKeeper is too similar to bit bucket, I'll
> > roll on the floor, laughing, and print his words onto the
> > T-shirt. [Bit bucket is jargon term for /dev/null,
> > http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/b/bit_bucket.html]
>
> Larry is right about the similarity of terms. Parody in certain
> cases deals with copyright protections but not trademarks.
I've already suggested to Pavel that an open BitKeeper alternative ought to
be named "SourceGiver".
--
"Love the dolphins," she advised him. "Write by W.A.S.T.E.."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-16 4:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-14 10:51 Never ever use word BitKeeper if Larry does not like you Pavel Machek
2003-03-14 11:19 ` Murray J. Root
2003-03-14 11:50 ` Lars Marowsky-Bree
2003-03-14 13:35 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-03-14 14:43 ` Larry McVoy
2003-03-14 16:10 ` Alan Cox
2003-03-14 15:14 ` Larry McVoy
2003-03-14 16:11 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2003-03-14 16:21 ` John Jasen
2003-03-14 16:28 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2003-03-14 16:37 ` Larry McVoy
2003-03-14 16:56 ` Linux-kernel-revision-control list (was: Re: Never ever use word BitKeeper if Larry does not like you) Christian Daudt
2003-03-15 2:29 ` Joshua Kwan
2003-03-16 7:56 ` Josef Roehrl
2003-03-14 17:09 ` Never ever use word BitKeeper if Larry does not like you Davide Libenzi
2003-03-14 18:29 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-03-14 18:48 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-03-14 17:10 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2003-03-14 21:12 ` Mike Galbraith
2003-03-15 0:59 ` Stephen Satchell
2003-03-14 18:57 ` Wichert Akkerman
2003-03-14 20:49 ` Roger Luethi
2003-03-14 21:55 ` Eric Sandall
2003-03-15 0:56 ` Stephen Satchell
2003-03-15 3:36 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-03-15 12:20 ` Pavel Machek
2003-03-16 0:57 ` Alan Cox
2003-03-16 5:01 ` Oliver Xymoron [this message]
2003-03-14 16:29 ` Alan Cox
2003-03-14 15:29 ` Larry McVoy
2003-03-14 16:43 ` Alan Cox
2003-03-14 16:43 ` Tom Sightler
2003-03-14 16:58 ` Larry McVoy
2003-03-14 17:56 ` Tom Sightler
2003-03-14 18:34 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-03-14 17:44 ` Pavel Machek
2003-03-14 20:37 ` Teodor Iacob
2003-03-14 18:29 ` Brian McGroarty
2003-03-14 20:33 ` Teodor Iacob
2003-03-14 21:32 ` Brian McGroarty
2003-03-14 12:06 ` Matthias Andree
2003-03-14 15:38 ` Alan Cox
2003-03-14 16:00 ` Mark Mielke
2003-03-14 16:03 ` Larry McVoy
2003-03-14 16:30 ` Mark Mielke
2003-03-14 23:13 ` Daniel Phillips
2003-03-14 13:42 ` Tomas Szepe
2003-03-14 14:33 ` Never ever send Pavel private mail unless you want him to publish it Vlad@geekizoid.com
2003-03-14 14:50 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-03-14 16:13 ` Mark Mielke
2003-03-17 0:16 ` Stuart MacDonald
2003-03-17 0:44 ` Tim Smith
2003-03-17 8:43 ` Helge Hafting
2003-03-17 0:57 ` Vlad@geekizoid.com
2003-03-17 2:16 ` Stuart MacDonald
2003-03-17 2:16 ` David Lang
2003-03-17 4:37 ` Vlad@geekizoid.com
2003-03-17 6:21 ` Oliver Xymoron
2003-03-17 14:56 ` Vlad@geekizoid.com
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2003-03-14 21:48 ` Never ever use word BitKeeper if Larry does not like you Florian Weimer
2003-03-15 0:49 ` John Alvord
2003-03-15 7:51 ` Florian Weimer
2003-03-15 14:32 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
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