Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 09:57:06 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Alexander Kabaev <ak03@gte.com> Cc: Eivind Hestnes <eivind.hestnes@stabbursmoen.no> Subject: Re: Support for XFS in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <178286422.1057139826@melange.errno.com> In-Reply-To: <20030702123855.0a3534f5.ak03@gte.com> References: <000b01c3408e$b9fd1310$2401a8c0@xoanan> <20030702123855.0a3534f5.ak03@gte.com>
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[cross-posting removed] >> Note: SCO is suing people who have touched Linux code with code >> from commercial OS's derived from System V. SGI's IRIX, from >> which XFS comes, is derived from System V, so there is some legal >> risk involved to anyone doing a port: SCO may sue you, too. I >> don't know if this effects the projects previous statements. >> > > True, this is a danger. There was a certain amount of similarity in > XFS sources between FreeBSD kernel internals and Irix interfaces which > arguably can be traced to common Unix roots of both systems. SCO might > consider XFS theirs some day :) Ignore this FUD. SGI's XFS implementation is all new work. Sam
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