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    SubjectRe: [BK] upgrade will be needed
    On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Larry McVoy wrote:

    > So how would you suggest that we resolve it? The protection we need is
    > that people don't get to
    >
    > - use BK
    > - stop using BK so they can go work on another system
    > - start using BK again
    > - stop using BK so they can go work on another system
    > ...

    Add a cancellation period or a relicense block to BK/Free.

    For instance:

    1. $licensee can cancel his license with 30 days period before end of a
    month

    2. BK/Free license is not available to (1) people who have worked on a
    system essentially similar to BK in the past six weeks, (2) people
    who have had their BK/Free license terminated within the past six
    weeks for any reason other than a new BK version becoming available.

    > So what do you want us to do? This isn't a change to take stuff from
    > you, it's a change that some of your peers asked us to do so they could
    > use BK (and it would be nice if the people who wanted this are reading
    > this thread and will speak up so it doesn't look like I'm making it up).

    This is, by your leave, ridiculous. I was, so far, allowed to stop using
    BK/Free on day #1 and hack non-BK SCM on day #2. I understand you don't
    want users to repeat this sequence, use BK on every odd day of month and
    hack non-BK SCM on every even day, and I haven't done that (I haven't
    hacked SCM).

    > What we've been doing so far is telling people who were worried to act as
    > if there were a year long gap and they have been happy with that answer
    > but they are asking for us to put it in the license so they don't have
    > to depend on some email based side agreement.

    So have them send a SSAE and pass that note in writing.

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    Matthias Andree
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