Douglas Ridgway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 1. Bitkeeper is proprietary software from a company which plans to earn
> revenue. There's nothing wrong with using proprietary software to help
> build nonproprietary software; after all, even people with purely free
> systems on the software side are still using proprietary hardware (Intel
> chips, etc.) We should choose the tools that make the most sense for us to
> use.
There's nothing wrong with Bitmover wanting to make money; though we
should think twice before using a proprietary tool when a free one
exists, since doing so may prevent potential developers from joining
the project, if Bitkeeper is really better than CVS I wouldn't object
to paying for it.
My problem with their license is that I consider that privacy is a
right, not something that you should have to buy. A tool that is
designed to publish a trace of everything you do is IMO wrong from a
moral standpoint, and so I refuse to use it. And I'll still refuse
even if Bitmover makes an exception for the Wine project. For me it's
a question of principle.
--
Alexandre Julliard
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
