Fossil SCM
Reduced repeition of the "deisgn and implementation" bits of "Fossil vs Git" in the new "GPL vs BSD" material.
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| --- www/fossil-v-git.wiki | ||
| +++ www/fossil-v-git.wiki | ||
| @@ -316,14 +316,12 @@ | ||
| 316 | 316 | GPL requires much the same sort of relinquishment of rights without this |
| 317 | 317 | up-front gatekeeping. |
| 318 | 318 | |
| 319 | 319 | We think this additional friction is not an entirely bad thing. We think |
| 320 | 320 | it creates greater contributor community cohesion, because everyone who |
| 321 | -made it over the legal hurdle has made an affirmative step to get into that | |
| 322 | -community. More to the point here in this document, we think it affects | |
| 323 | -the design and implementation of Fossil: its contributions come from a | |
| 324 | -smaller, more cohesive group of people than with Git. | |
| 321 | +pushed past that legal friction made an affirmative, active step to get | |
| 322 | +into the community. | |
| 325 | 323 | |
| 326 | 324 | These differences in world-view show up in the design and implementation |
| 327 | 325 | of these two DVCSes. |
| 328 | 326 | Git encourages anonymous contributions |
| 329 | 327 | and siloed development, which are hallmarks of the GPL/bazaar approach to |
| 330 | 328 |
| --- www/fossil-v-git.wiki | |
| +++ www/fossil-v-git.wiki | |
| @@ -316,14 +316,12 @@ | |
| 316 | GPL requires much the same sort of relinquishment of rights without this |
| 317 | up-front gatekeeping. |
| 318 | |
| 319 | We think this additional friction is not an entirely bad thing. We think |
| 320 | it creates greater contributor community cohesion, because everyone who |
| 321 | made it over the legal hurdle has made an affirmative step to get into that |
| 322 | community. More to the point here in this document, we think it affects |
| 323 | the design and implementation of Fossil: its contributions come from a |
| 324 | smaller, more cohesive group of people than with Git. |
| 325 | |
| 326 | These differences in world-view show up in the design and implementation |
| 327 | of these two DVCSes. |
| 328 | Git encourages anonymous contributions |
| 329 | and siloed development, which are hallmarks of the GPL/bazaar approach to |
| 330 |
| --- www/fossil-v-git.wiki | |
| +++ www/fossil-v-git.wiki | |
| @@ -316,14 +316,12 @@ | |
| 316 | GPL requires much the same sort of relinquishment of rights without this |
| 317 | up-front gatekeeping. |
| 318 | |
| 319 | We think this additional friction is not an entirely bad thing. We think |
| 320 | it creates greater contributor community cohesion, because everyone who |
| 321 | pushed past that legal friction made an affirmative, active step to get |
| 322 | into the community. |
| 323 | |
| 324 | These differences in world-view show up in the design and implementation |
| 325 | of these two DVCSes. |
| 326 | Git encourages anonymous contributions |
| 327 | and siloed development, which are hallmarks of the GPL/bazaar approach to |
| 328 |