[oclug] Linux kernel development loses BitKeeper

[Jon Earle]

On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Adrian Irving-Beer wrote:

> It's not that reverse engineering is good, it's just that when someone
> tries to force a proprietary standard on an otherwise free and open
> thing -- SMB on networks, CSS on DVDs, IBM BIOS on otherwise open PC
> hardware, or BitKeeper on kernel development -- it's inevitable, and
> generally results in good for everyone . . . at the expense of the
> original designer.

So, do you not believe that someone is entitled to protect the rights to 
and earn money from some thing that they've created?

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Jon Earle
Software Developer / Network Manager
Specialising in Open Source Software Solutions
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