From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Jun 14 20:15:19 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F58A14E03 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 20:15:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt8-216-180-15-21.dialup.HiWAAY.net [216.180.15.21]) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with ESMTP id WAA12164; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:14:56 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA35297; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:12:57 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Message-Id: <199906150312.WAA35297@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: "David Schwartz" , "Tani Hosokawa" , "Morten Seeberg" , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: SGI Donated Journalised FS Source to Linux In-reply-to: Message from Dag-Erling Smorgrav of "14 Jun 1999 11:24:52 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:12:57 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dag-Erling Smorgrav writes: > > You've totally missed the point. Linux is under GPL. The GPL forbids > linking GPLed software with non-GPLed software. SGI can't develop XFS > for Linux without using Linux, and to use Linux they have to agree to > the terms of its license, which forbids them to release software that > links with Linux except under the GPL. Actually one can link any darn thing they wish against GPL code. Modify the heck out of GPL code. And according to GPL, never be obliged to "share" or "give back to the community." Its very simple: you never release the work outside of your company. The terms of GPL only apply when *precompiled* code is *distributed*. As long as it stays in-house you are still within the terms of GPL. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message