From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 27 04:39:02 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B09D216A420; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:39:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jkh@brierdr.com) Received: from mail.brierdr.com (adsl-64-173-3-158.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net [64.173.3.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48F7843D48; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:39:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jkh@brierdr.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.brierdr.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A2E24E57FF; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:39:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.brierdr.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mini-gw [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 28554-04; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:39:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.0.1.3] (jkh99.queasyweasel.com [64.173.15.99]) by mail.brierdr.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 527E94E57F0; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:39:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <44022558.460E1BA1@verizon.net> References: <12424860.1139921265521.JavaMail.root@vms169.mailsrvcs.net> <20060224193521.GA24121@samodelkin.net> <20060224213007.6x6dqzo4gw0sw0cg@webmail.spamcop.net> <44022558.460E1BA1@verizon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <9FBC1834-39BD-4CC4-9914-37AE3A6F1963@brierdr.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:38:57 -0800 To: babkin@users.sf.net X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Cc: arch@freebsd.org, jkh@freebsd.org, Gilbert Fernandes , Max Khon Subject: Re: Jordan, can you please comment? Re: [off-topic] NTFS, Apple and GPL vs LGPL (Was : NTFS write support) X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:39:02 -0000 I think it's fair to say that Apple is always interested in BSD licensed alternatives to any GPL'd code it may be or is considering using and, for appropriate projects, is also interested in figuring out how to support them. What did you guys have in mind? - Jordan On Feb 26, 2006, at 2:02 PM, Sergey Babkin wrote: > Gilbert Fernandes wrote: >> >> In November, Apple has again tried to hijack Linux-NTFS code, this >> time by >> suggesting {http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php? >> msg_id=13769046} >> that it be licensed under the LGPL. This was promptly rejected by >> one main >> developer, who threatened lawsuits. >> >> ----8>----8>----8>----8>----8>----8>----8> >> >> It is thus highly probable that Apple would like to see a BSD-based >> implementation of NTFS. They asked twice the GPL-based project to >> adopt a >> dual-licence so they (Apple) would be able to integrate this into >> MacOS X. >> >> Perhaps Apple would agree to give some support for the BSD-licence >> based >> work ? > > Hm, we should probably ask Jordan Hubbard to comment on this. > > -SB