Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 01:12:21 +0200 (EET) From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Hiten Pandya <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [reiserfs-dev]i Re: metadata update durability ordering/soft updates Message-ID: <20020321010811.E6735-100000@hades> In-Reply-To: <20020318174641.A1153@hpdi.ath.cx>
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On 2002-03-18 17:46, Hiten Pandya wrote:
> So from what you are saying, I can (if I wanted to 8-)) port ReiserFS
> to FreeBSD, under the GPL License, but that would be of no point,
> because it cannot be used as a boot FS unless a royalty was paid to
> the Hans for the rights, right? :)
>
> I don't understand one thing though, what are we doing in the case of
> Ext2FS, which is supported in FreeBSD. As far as I know, the Ext2FS
> version of FreeBSD has also got some GPL'ed bits? The Ext2FS is
> supplied as a source filesystem on FreeBSD CD-ROMs and people are
> allowed to sell them...
They are not allowed to link them in the boot kernel used on those cdroms
though. The source is made available, but anything that is 'linked' with
the GPL is 'tainted'. I have a nice article on my desk by Greg Lehey that
explains this in an interesting way. It even has quotes from R. Stallman
himself, making a few things more clear. It's title is "Two kinds of
advocacy", and you can find it at:
http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200202/dadvocate.html
Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/
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