Re: [BK] upgrade will be needed

Matthew Dharm
2005-02-14T20:17:05Z

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On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 07:54:14PM +0100, Juergen Stuber wrote:
> Hi Larry,
>
> lm@bitmover.com (Larry McVoy) writes:
> > The protection we need is that people don't get to
> >
> > - use BK
> > - stop using BK so they can go work on another system
> > - start using BK again
> > - stop using BK so they can go work on another system
> > ...
> >
> > We could say that if you stop using BK and work on another system then
> > you can't ever use it again. We're not going to do that, we've already
> > had to calm the fears of people who found themselves in that situation
> > for their job.
>
> how about something akin to
> 'You can only use the non-paying version of BK
> if you haven't worked on another SCM-system in the last year.'

A year seems long. Perhaps 6 months? That should be high enough to
prevent the ping-pong that Larry wants to stop, but not so high that I
can't be employable.

Matt

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