From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2007-04-04T02:37:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Why SVN?


On Apr 3, 2007, at 07:43 , Ollivier Robert wrote:

> Ryan Davis wrote:
>> Not entirely true. To be clear: Perforce licenses are FREE for open
>> source projects.
>
> But having to renew the licenses every year is a PITA.

It isn't _that_ much of a PITA for the benefits of using perforce for  
free.

> (been there, done
> that for 5 years and saw the process getting more complicated over the
> years).

No, it is getting easier.

I've been running my perforce server for about 8 years running now  
and while for a while they were indeed requiring a FAX of the license  
application form their lawyers (behind the times as lawyers always  
seem to be) finally realized the benefits of the electronic signature  
act and accept email.