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Date:      Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:49:10 -0400 (EDT)
From:      James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        Mark Tinguely <tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu>, Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BSD XFS Port & BSD VFS Rewrite
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.10.9908131942390.2549-100000@rac9.wam.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199908132249.PAA15734@usr04.primenet.com>

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On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Terry Lambert wrote:

> Has anyone mentioned to them that they will be unable to incorporate
> changes made to the GPL'ed version of XFS back into the IRIX version
> of XFS, without IRIX becoming GPL'ed?

I did, they have a feedback form I filled out yesterday.  I mentioned that
and that if they dual licensed the code, it could be used by the entire
free software community, not just the hip Linux crowd and also mentioned
that a great many in the BSD community are interested in the code.  Of
course, I phrased it more professionally.

	http://www.sgi.com/cgi-bin/feedback/

Click on XFS.  I did that yesterday, no reply so far.  Would it be
improper to actually call and see if it is possible to contact a real
person?

Jamie



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