Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 11:38:36 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net>, hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org, "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net>, Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, phk@FreeBSD.ORG, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: IBM's intentions with JFS (was: IBM suing (was: RMS Suing was [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD)) Message-ID: <20011215113836.O85108@monorchid.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20011214175450.02da2a90@localhost> References: <3C1875D6.5DE4F996@mindspring.com> <1id71idej9.71i@localhost.localdomain> <3C1875D6.5DE4F996@mindspring.com> <20011213051012.Y56723-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> <3C186381.6AB07090@yahoo.com> <3C1875D6.5DE4F996@mindspring.com> <3C186381.6AB07090@yahoo.com> <20011214122837.O3448@monorchid.lemis.com> <3C19807D.C441F084@mindspring.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20011214175450.02da2a90@localhost>
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On Friday, 14 December 2001 at 17:58:44 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 05:02 PM 12/14/2001, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> Correct. But there's this funny agreement that loading modules falls >> under the LGPL, not the GPL. > > Linux is licensed under a variant of the GPL that allows the linking > of modules and libraries that are not GPLed. This does not apply at > all to this case, in which the module WOULD be GPLed. It's a similar situation. Whom should I ask for confirmation? > There should NEVER be any GPLed kernel module for FreeBSD. As far as > I'm concerned, IBM wrote off any chance of having JFS ported to > anything other than Linux when it GPLed it. It was a horrible > decision. We have GPLd kernel modules now. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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