People don't take your word for it though, so it's much ado about nothing. The burden of proof is on you, not anyone else ("Extraordinary claims require extrao

People don't take your word for it though, so it's much ado about nothing. The burden of proof is on you, not anyone else ("Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence") hence no need to "go talk to Linus," because your claims are so highly suspect. Because, really, nobody thinks BK contains some kind of rocket science for anyone to rip off in the first place. If there is, IMNSHO I don't see it in the mercurial or git sources, which is readily available to anyone. Hence why nobody takes seriously what you, or even a supposed "employer" or "lawyer" says either (and what your lawyer would say is even more highly suspect :)). And if all this supposed restraint is due to some kind of self-interested, game theoretic calculation as you imply, why does that same thinking not restrain you from touting unverifiable claims? It's only generating "bad PR" for you which you wish to avoid, makes you look bad, and by extension your claims ever more doubtful. That can't be good for business.