Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 14:00:19 +0300 From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.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: <3C95C8C3.7080803@namesys.com> References: <20020317225759.82774.qmail@web21109.mail.yahoo.com> <3C95ACBA.4040108@namesys.com> <3C95B838.F8ECE39A@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: >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. > This is often said, but not what the license language says. I think it is wishful thinking. If you distribute, you must make it public. That includes FAPSI, NSA, anyone. > > >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 > ^sold^distributed the software for > >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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