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Tridge (another kernel dev) reversed BK protocol and repo structure...So Tridge's little stunt He made a connection to the BitKeeper server and typed "help".
by gcp 10y ago
Tridge (another kernel dev) reversed BK protocol and repo structure...So Tridge's little stunt
He made a connection to the BitKeeper server and typed "help".
https://lwn.net/Articles/132938/ https://lwn.net/Articles/132938/
The BitKeeper developer was an ass, not need to be polite about it. He issued DMCA requests to websites that were analyzing his license, claiming that it was copyrighted.
- huhtenberg 10y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12966429 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12966429
- gcp 10y agoThis just supports what I said. Not sure you looked closely enough. BitKeeper uses SCCS format on the wire, which didn't need to be reverse engineered as it was a known format.