From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 22:19:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 22:19:44 -0500 Received: from neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com ([63.209.4.196]:40711 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 22:19:43 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: BitBucket: GPL-ed *notrademarkhere* clone Date: 1 Mar 2003 19:29:38 -0800 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: References: <200303020011.QAA13450@adam.yggdrasil.com> <3E615C38.7030609@pobox.com> <20030302014039.GC1364@dualathlon.random> <3E616224.6040003@pobox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2003 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: <3E616224.6040003@pobox.com> By author: Jeff Garzik In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > You're missing the point: > > A BK exporter is useful. A BK clone is not. > I disagree. A BK clone would almost certainly be highly useful. The fact that it would happen to be compatible with one particular proprietary tool released by one particular company doesn't change that fact one iota; in fact, some people might find value in using the proprietary tool for whatever reason (snazzy GUI, keeping the suits happy, who knows...) -hpa -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." Architectures needed: cris ia64 m68k mips64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x sh v850 x86-64