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From: "Pedro Fernando Giffuni" <pfgiffun@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co>
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Subject: Re: Fwd: IBM denies non-GPL licensing of JFS
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FWIW (I received the same message), I sent them a link to the MozPL FAQ.
I don't have a particular preference for that license, but their FAQ
does raise some interesting points regarding the GPL vs BSD "debate".

cheers,

    Pedro.

Brett Glass wrote:
> 
> Just received the following message from IBM. Apparently, for reasons
> unknown, IBM is declining to license JFS under even its own "IBM
> Public License," but is insisting upon using the GPL only. This
> is especially ironic and unfortunate because IBM derived the TCP/IP
> stack for OS/2 from that of NetBSD. Hopefully, in the future, IBM
> will be more willing to release source under licenses which do not
> hurt some open source projects while favoring others.
> 
> --Brett Glass
> 
> >From: shaggy@us.ibm.com
> >X-Lotus-FromDomain: IBMUS
> >To: bsd@us.ibm.com
> >Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 14:03:40 -0600
> >
> >
> >
> >To all those interested in an alternate source license for JFS,
> >
> >Thank you for your interest in open sourcing the IBM JFS under a non-GPL
> >license as well as GPL.   We have decided not to do this at this time for a
> >variety of internal IBM reasons.    Although this didn't work out, we're
> >certainly open to hearing similar suggestions in the future.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Dave
> >
> >Dave Kleikamp
> >Open Source Development
> >(512)838-3184   T/L 678-3184
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