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The kernel and BitKeeper part ways

The kernel and BitKeeper part ways

Posted Apr 7, 2005 15:27 UTC (Thu) by massimiliano (subscriber, #3048)
In reply to: The kernel and BitKeeper part ways by rjw
Parent article: The kernel and BitKeeper part ways

OK, but my main point was that the first license was almost OSI approved. It didn't even mention reverse engineering, you had all the source code! You were only required to make it pass all regression tests after modifocations, including sending the changelog to the public server.

It has been when somebody abused of this license that we took the slippery slope that in the end brought us here...


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