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Date:      Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:23:15 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>
Cc:        Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, phk@FreeBSD.ORG, tlambert2@mindspring.com
Subject:   Re: [OT] RMS Suing was [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD [VOTE]
Message-ID:  <20011214132315.E35595@monorchid.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011213191132.A6676@colnta.acns.ab.ca>
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On Thursday, 13 December 2001 at 19:11:32 -0700, Chad David wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 12:33:59PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
>> On Thursday, 13 December 2001 at  8:44:44 -0800, Hiten Pandya wrote:
>>> hi,
>>> (from the person who started the JFS for FreeBSD)
>>>
>>> please, lets not get into this,  what do you propose
>>> we should do (the porters), one way or the other, we
>>> are going to use GPL code..
>>>
>>> which one shall it be?
>>> JFS or XFS
>
> If everybody wants a filesystem with the features of JFS and XFS, but the
> licensing of the ones already in existance will make RMS sue you, then
> why not just write a new one from scratch?

Because it's a lot of work.

Anyway, your condition doesn't apply.

Greg
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