From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 20:13:07 +0000 Message-ID: <20140106201307.Horde.Y_xqtiJtt2tC3_CmRWy-cg3@ssl.eumx.net> From: Kurt H Maier To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <33e2329fe3abd2d9d6341fe723cf76e2@brasstown.quanstro.net> <25BC4401-C0DC-404D-8CF2-91AF643D6715@orthanc.ca> In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H5 (6.1.4) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Vanilla Plan 9 or one of the flavors? Topicbox-Message-UUID: af6d7550-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Quoting Aram H=C4=83v=C4=83rneanu : >> and the 9front guys have everything in a hg repo >> on Google Code > > 9front exists precisely because the 9front authors considered Plan 9 > closed. Using it as an example of openness is the ultimate in > hypocrisy. > Nobody considers plan 9 closed. 9front exists because cinap and aiju and taruti and everyone were cranking out code faster than was reasonable to expect geoff could vet and consider. Rather than shitting up his inbox with code he may or may not even be interested in, taruti dumped it all onto google code and we got to work. It's not some kind of idealistic schism; it was just practicality. Stuff like this is the reason DVCS exists as a concept. khm