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Date:      Tue, 28 Jan 2003 05:29:15 +0600
From:      Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru>
To:        Enache Adrian <enache@rdslink.ro>
Cc:        Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: add ext2fs to the module list in modules/Makefile
Message-ID:  <20030128052915.B75252@iclub.nsu.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20030127224012.GB903@ratsnest.hole>; from enache@rdslink.ro on Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 12:40:12AM %2B0200
References:  <20030127211441.GC1043@ratsnest.hole> <20030127213635.GA30541@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20030127224012.GB903@ratsnest.hole>

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hi, there!

On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 12:40:12AM +0200, Enache Adrian wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 01:36:35PM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > Portions of the ext2fs source are covered by the GPL.  You
> > need to rebuild the kernel with "option EXT2FS".  The
> > FreeBSD cannot create a ext2fs.ko and comply with the GPL.
> 
> This is weird.
> Builting it as part of kernel is ok, but separate, as a module
> isn't.

IIRC NetBSD has BSD-copyrighted ext2fs implementation

/fjoe


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