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Date:      Mon, 17 Jul 1995 20:09:38 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        didier@omnix.fr.org (Didier Derny)
Cc:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 2.0.5 Software compatibilities
Message-ID:  <199507171039.UAA02980@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199507170709.JAA27028@zapata.omnix.fr.org> from "Didier Derny" at Jul 17, 95 09:09:24 am

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Didier Derny stands accused of saying:
> > Didier Derny stands accused of saying:
> > > are these softwares working with FreeBSD 2.0.5
> > 
> > > -   NFS locks			Impossible due to Sun copyright

> I wonder if it would be a hard work to rewrite the NFS lock code for
> freeBSD. Specia for the server code.

Obviously I didn't explain it well enough : Sun refuse to release the 
specifications for their locking protocol, and change it on a regular
basis.  Reverse-engineering it would be extremely difficult.

> | Didier Derny        |

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