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Free version of Bitkeeper?

Free version of Bitkeeper?

Posted Apr 15, 2005 20:25 UTC (Fri) by anton (subscriber, #25547)
Parent article: The kernel and BitKeeper part ways

There is no free version of Bitkeeper in the free software sense.
Larry McVoy is apparently focused on money, and that's why he calls the pay-with-freedom version of Bitkeeper "free", but LWN should not follow this usage.


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