Re: BK kernel workflow
From: Pavel Machek (pavel_at_suse.cz)
Date: 10/31/04
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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 20:50:57 +0100 To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Hi!
> > Linus, what happened to the early promises, that the data wouldn't be
> > locked into bk? Is the massively reduced data set in the cvs repository
> > really all we ever get out of it again?
>
> The daily CVS snapshots seem to solve most of that. Yes BK's licensing
> model isn't free software friendly, yes its a PITA. With the CVS
> snapshots nobody is forcing your hand, its not encrypted and locked away
> behind a DRM system.
IIRC Larry announced that if we start looking into the data he *will*
encrypt it and try to lock it away...
Pavel
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