Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 17:54:05 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> To: Enache Adrian <enache@rdslink.ro> Cc: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: add ext2fs to the module list in modules/Makefile Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030127175309.85833A-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20030127224012.GB903@ratsnest.hole>
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Enache Adrian wrote: > On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 01:36:35PM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote: > > Portions of the ext2fs source are covered by the GPL. You > > need to rebuild the kernel with "option EXT2FS". The > > FreeBSD cannot create a ext2fs.ko and comply with the GPL. > > This is weird. Builting it as part of kernel is ok, but separate, as a > module isn't. That's not quite it. :-) You building it into the kernel is fine, we just can't do it and distribute it without putting the rest of the kernel under GPL. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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