Tridge wins the 2005 Free Software Award [LWN.net]

Tridge wins the 2005 Free Software Award

Posted Jan 26, 2006 5:18 UTC (Thu) by kirkengaard (subscriber, #15022)
In reply to: Tridge wins the 2005 Free Software Award by lm
Parent article: Tridge wins the 2005 Free Software Award

You're making bad assumptions.

1) That the only way you can access BitKeeper is by running a copy yourself
2) That without running your own BitKeeper, it's just random guessing
3) That someone else running Bitkeeper "helped" him intentionally
4) That Andrew Tridgell is a liar.

Anyone running a server that communicates meaningfully over basic network protocols is vulnerable to attacks that listen and figure out the language of its communications. It's like cryptanalysis only with transmissions in cleartext of a different language.

Just because you find it hard to belive, and can't do it yourself, doesn't make it impossible.

You have also brought an onerous accusation. If you have evidence of a license violation on Mr. Tridgell's part, please, come forward with it. I'm sure we'd like to see you back up your libel. Please, "set the record straight" for us. For starters, tell us when he accepted the license agreement. You can work from there. You sound like you think you're smart enough for that. Show us contract, and we'll talk contract violation.

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