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> It's that Tridgell reverse-engineered the Bitkeeper protocol I always thought it was weird how telnetting into a port and typing "help" was considered "rever
by kinghajj 12y ago
> It's that Tridgell reverse-engineered the Bitkeeper protocol
I always thought it was weird how telnetting into a port and typing "help" was considered "reverse engineering".
- jordigh 12y agoHm, it was more than that. It involved inspecting network packets. What I found weird is how Linus blamed Tridgell for the reverse engineering: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/14/torvalds_attacks_tridgell/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/14/torvalds_attacks_tri...
- grover_hartmann 12y agoI also find that weird. Could someone elaborate more on this?