Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:55:13 -0700 From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@og.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Mark Tinguely <tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu>, Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD XFS Port & BSD VFS Rewrite Message-ID: <199908140255.TAA00419@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
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On Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:37:42 -0700 (PDT)
Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> wrote:
> > So, if they were to simply put a BSD license on the code, then everyone
> > would be happy, and there wouldn't be any of the dual-license confusion.
>
> Unfortunately, by BSD-licensing the XFS code, SGI would be allowing their
> direct economic competitors (Sun, Microsoft, etc) to add the technology to
> their products in a closed, binary form, for free.
Precisely why asking them to do a dual-license is pointless. Not only
would it give direct economic competitors[*] this capability, but it would
also confuse everyone else.
[*] One might argue that SGI no longer has any direct economic competitors,
since their machines are too expensive, too unreliable, and no one in their
right mind would buy them since the ship is sinking so fast.
-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@og.org>
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