Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:39:25 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Porting a new filesystem to FreeBSD Message-ID: <3BA7A2ED.70F39C08@mindspring.com> References: <3BA4B507.CC70ECD4@nipsi.de> <20010916140843.A21982@xor.obsecurity.org> <3BA52C79.E1E247F5@mindspring.com> <3BA5419F.BF0C3E70@nipsi.de> <3BA555D8.D2C53387@mindspring.com> <004001c13f1c$bbcc3100$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <3BA564AF.BF642E23@mindspring.com> <003b01c13fb8$6466b6f0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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Matthew Emmerton wrote: [ ... ] > This makes it totally different. The three scenarios you outline above are > only problematic when you're trying to support a pre-packaged distribution > that supports GFS out-of-the box, as the GPL licence "infects" the entire > product. They do not apply to a sysadmin who chooses to switch a production > system from UFS to GFS (or JFS) and support it internally. I think you will find that most systems administrators will not be able to do the code necessary to make this work, and that it will take incenting a professional programmer to do the work. [ ... ] > Agreed. With the amount of information I see flying around internally at > IBM (where I am employed) and how fanatic they are about preventing GPL > pollution with their Linux ports of products, I have to question why they > chose to licence various things under the GPL. So you've gone through the week long class and seen the 18 page Louts FreeLance presentation on ow to treat GPL'ed code as hazardous waste that IBM forces their employees who will be working with Open Source code through? 8-). The reason is clearly that Linux is capable of grabbing free press exposure for IBM. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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