Re: BK MetaData License Problem?

Alan Cox
2002-10-06T16:15:23Z

On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 14:13, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> yes, but what i say is that BK *creates* a problem, (just like CVS would
> create similar problems) and the license clearly shows that BM is aware of
> and tries to handle part of this legal problem. (And given that the BK
> metadata is richer than eg. CVS, i suspect it will be a magnified problem
> later on.)

The onyl real problem BK creates here IMHO is its not possible to use BK
to maintain the true master tree of a piece of software, because like
everyone else Linux people get security reports/fixes which are set to
go out on specific dates by people like CERT. The BK rules prevent
anyone from checking a change into their BK tree until the embargo date,
which can be a pain in the butt.

Fortunately its not a problem to me because I don't use it 8)