On Jan 6, 2014, at 11:40 , Aram Hăvărneanu <ara...@mgk.ro> wrote: >> 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.
That is not what hypocrisy means. I'm not (here) making any assertions as to the motivations behind 9front, nor am I attempting to analyze them. The point is that all three systems have methods for submitting changes, tracking what's changed in the system, and pulling bits out. The post I responded to claimed Bell Labs never took outside changes and that 9atom and 9front required some sort of all-or-nothing buy-in. All of that is false.
