From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264245AbTLOWou (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Dec 2003 17:44:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264256AbTLOWot (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Dec 2003 17:44:49 -0500 Received: from adsl-67-114-19-185.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net ([67.114.19.185]:13956 "EHLO bastard") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264245AbTLOWoq (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Dec 2003 17:44:46 -0500 Message-ID: <3FDE3956.1070308@tupshin.com> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:44:38 -0800 From: Tupshin Harper User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031205 Thunderbird/0.4 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Larry McVoy Cc: Andrea Arcangeli , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC - tarball/patch server in BitKeeper References: <20031214172156.GA16554@work.bitmover.com> <2259130000.1071469863@[10.10.2.4]> <20031215151126.3fe6e97a.vsu@altlinux.ru> <20031215132720.GX7308@phunnypharm.org> <20031215192402.528ce066.vsu@altlinux.ru> <20031215183138.GJ6730@dualathlon.random> <20031215185839.GA8130@work.bitmover.com> <20031215194057.GL6730@dualathlon.random> <20031215214452.GB8130@work.bitmover.com> <20031215220257.GM6730@dualathlon.random> <20031215221410.GC8130@work.bitmover.com> In-Reply-To: <20031215221410.GC8130@work.bitmover.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Larry McVoy wrote: >You can grab all the patches you want from bkbits.net until you start >using those patches to populate another SCM system because at that point >you are using BK in violation of the BK license. > > NO!!! In this case, you are not using bk, you are accessing information that is placed in a public place. If your argument were to hold any water, then people constrained from using bk due to any clause of the bkl could not access any information on bkbits.net. The mere act of pointing their browser there would be a violation. Since these people are not able to agree to the bkl, they are not constrained by the restrictions of the bkl. The only effect is that they can *never* use bk. Either browsing bkbits.net is a use of bk and non-licensed people can't use it, or it is is not a use of bk and none of the bkl restrictions apply. Can't have it both ways. -Tupshin