Re: [Gnu-arch-users] arch and linux 2.7

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

>>>>> "Ollivier" == Ollivier Robert <address@hidden> writes:

    Ollivier> No, if you're using the free version of BK, you're not
    Ollivier> allowed to work on any kind of SCM incl. Arch. Ben
    Ollivier> Collins had his license revoked for working on svn.

It would be interesting to see what a court says about having your
license revoked for reporting bugs.  Ben C's case is hardly relevant.
IIRC, Ben C is a very active developer of svn.

I do not think that use and discussion of the UI of alternative
systems would be considered "working on", and a license which
prohibited use of alternatives probably violates the anti-tying
provisions of U.S. anti-trust law.  Since you are required to
compensate Bitmover (they get access to logs of your data stream), I
think it probably would fall under the law; this is not a gift.

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