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- From: dave@dhcs.demon.co.uk (Dave Hodgkinson)
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- Subject: Re: supported version control systems
- In-Reply-To: lipp@sierra.com's message of 11 Jan 93 19:52:16 GMT
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- Organization: IISC, dept of hackery.
- References: <TJG01.93Jan7104820@thdhub.HomeDepot.COM> <1993Jan11.195216.6253@sierra.com>
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 20:37:37 +0000
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- In article <1993Jan11.195216.6253@sierra.com> lipp@sierra.com (Damon Lipparelli) writes:
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- Terry J. Gardner (tjg01@thdhub.HomeDepot.COM) wrote:
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- : Could someone who has experience with a commercially supported
- : version control system (RCS, prop., whatever backend) please send
- : me mail. My org. is looking at doing version control, and I may want
- : to suggest a commercial alternative. We will not use CVS (above my
- : objections) because it's PD. Shame, but not my decision.
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- I am looking to do similar things...
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- : Thanks,
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- : --
- : terry@HomeDepot.COM (404) 433-8211x5124 or (404) 941-8304
- : Home Depot, USA Corporate Office, Atlanta, GA
-
- Well, you may want to tell the powers that be that RCS is a public domain
- system as well. If it makes any difference, I've had nothing but great
- results with CVS and RCS.
-
- Hmmm - are RSC/CVS not Free Software covered by the GNU copyleft, and
- therefore definitely NOT PD? You are free to pay for support and
- fixes if you like, and a hefty contribution to the FSF goes down will.
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- See the recent flamefest in gnu.misc.discuss for details :-)
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- -lipp
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