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Date:      Wed, 20 Feb 2002 20:05:32 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Version control software (was: Patch sets to date and timing tests  with Giant out of userret.)
Message-ID:  <3C74720C.CCC8AF1E@mindspring.com>
References:  <20020219080019.8F1673A9A@overcee.wemm.org> <00cd01c1b926$82d35bb0$ef01a8c0@davidwnt> <20020219.135131.83283562.imp@village.org> <20020219164406.B29698@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020221124325.Y65817@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Tuesday, 19 February 2002 at 16:44:06 -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 01:51:31PM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> >> Bitkeeper enforces the linux devleopment model
> >> to a large extent,
> >
> > In what way(s)?
> 
> I'd be interested in this too.  I've been using Bitkeeper for, well,
> Linux development, but I don't see anything which locks it in to that
> direction.  Of course, Bitkeeper isn't free either, so there's no
> particular reason to prefer it to p4.

Bitkeeper is free if you publish your repository; P4 is free
if you are a free software project.  Otherwise, they cost.

Both are barriers to commercial utilization of free code, in
the same way.

-- Terry

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