Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 19:11:32 -0700 From: Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> 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: <20011213191132.A6676@colnta.acns.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: <20011214123359.P3448@monorchid.lemis.com>; from grog@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 12:33:59PM %2B1030 References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011213074611.01b923a0@localhost> <20011213164444.4572.qmail@web21108.mail.yahoo.com> <20011214123359.P3448@monorchid.lemis.com>
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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? Then the issue of portability and licensing just go away, and you can toss GFS into the mix for fun. :-). (I am half serious). -- Chad David davidc@acns.ab.ca ACNS Inc. Calgary, Alberta Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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