Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 01:49:44 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com> Cc: hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org, Chris Mason <mason@suse.com>, Josh MacDonald <jmacd@CS.Berkeley.EDU>, Parity Error <bootup@mail.ru>, freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG, reiserfs-dev@namesys.com Subject: Re: [reiserfs-dev] Re: metadata update durability ordering/soft updates Message-ID: <3C95B838.F8ECE39A@mindspring.com> References: <20020317225759.82774.qmail@web21109.mail.yahoo.com> <3C95ACBA.4040108@namesys.com>
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Hans Reiser wrote: > You can port it for free if you port it to a GPL'd OS (or port the OS to > the GPL). Or you can port it and then use it on any OS you want, so long as you are an end user, and not a company who sells OSs, so long as you don't redistribute the result... the GPL doesn't kick in until you attempt to exercise distribution rights. You could also, for example, build a company that charged to store data on the GPL'ed ReiserFS, ported to some proprietary OS, and as long as you never sold your hosting platforms to anyone, there'd be no problem. You could call your new company "Defeat-the-spirit-of-the-GPL Data Vaulting, Incorporated". -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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