On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 02:52:01AM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > (crossposted to debian-legal for input on the license; please direct > followups to -devel or -legal as appropriate) > > Has anyone looked into packaging BitKeeper (www.bitkeeper.com)?
We have a package here which we build from the various binary shars available on Bitmover's FTP site. I can share with you if you'd like, but it's really trivial. > The > license[0] is obviously non-free due to usage restrictions, but people seem > to like it, and some of the licensing restrictions are arguably in defense > of other kinds of freedom. > Yep. It's annoying. The license (and the enforcement code in the software itself) has a number of practical issues which make using BitKeeper very unpleasant at times even if you pay Bitmover to disable the logging stuff. > I am not interested in packaging it at this > time, but I might file an RFP unless someone knows of a reason why it can't > be packaged for non-free. > > [0] http://www.bitkeeper.com/Sales.Licensing.Source.html > It's probably OK for non-free. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED]