Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 13:56:32 -0800 From: Jack Rusher <jar@integratus.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>, Zhiui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>, freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Design a journalled file system Message-ID: <3A81C490.598F7EB7@integratus.com> References: <200102072148.OAA25001@usr08.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: > > Unfortunately, this license means that it can not be distributed > compiled into a FreeBSD kernel, since clause 6 of the GPL will > specifically prohibit such distribution. I have been wondering about this legal issue lately. What is the law with regards to implementing XFS as a KLM for FreeBSD & shipping the source in contrib? It won't help people who are trying to make commercial products with embedded FreeBSD, but it might be useful for sysadmins. > point of failure for boot, and therefore the increased MTBF > that supposedly comes from using an advanced FS does nothing > for the overall MTBF. Mirror the boot partition with vinum? > I rather suspect that the GPL was intentionally chosen by SGI > to permit them to jump on the Linux/Open Source bandwagon, > without exposing them to the risk of a commercial organization > which competes with SGI being able to benefit from the technology This is unquestionably true. I have word from some of the architects who helped design XFS that this was exactly the reason GPL was chosen over the BSD license. -- Jack Rusher, Senior Engineer | mailto:jar@integratus.com Integratus, Inc. | http://www.integratus.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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