[FLAMEWAR] Bitkeeper waffle

> On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 01:46:04PM +0100, [e-mail] wrote:
> > It was initially developed as a C front end to VUCK, but was later
> > re-written, using none of the VUCK code, but initially keeping parts
> > of the C front end.  The GNU project was originally developed without
> > using any proprietary software.
> 
> > So, non-GPL software was used, but the software that was used was, at
> > least to begin with, all non-proprietary.
> 
> Even if this was true (I have no reason to doubt it)...
> 
> Is the idea that "Free Software Providers" must use "Free Software" to
> produce a reasonable decree from the king of "Free Software"?

It's up to everybody to decide what suits them.  I was only answering
a question about the GNU project, I wasn't trying to tell anybody what
software they should and shouldn't use.

John.