Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 12:09:43 +0300 From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Chris Mason <mason@suse.com>, Josh MacDonald <jmacd@CS.Berkeley.EDU>, Parity Error <bootup@mail.ru>, freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG, reiserfs-dev@namesys.com Subject: Re: [reiserfs-dev] Re: metadata update durability ordering/soft updates Message-ID: <3C95AED7.9080101@namesys.com> References: <3C910C57.71C2D823@mindspring.com> <20020315065651.02637@helen.CS.Berkeley.EDU> <3C923C91.454D7710@mindspring.com> <1562810000.1016224776@tiny> <3C928D21.404EA11D@mindspring.com> <1714680000.1016298986@tiny> <3C93BBF1.7E8801DF@mindspring.com> <3C946B57.3060403@namesys.com> <3C946B33.888F2281@mindspring.com> <3C948B98.2080703@namesys.com> <20020318111521.A70252@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: > >I think you're misunderstanding. If I understand Hans correctly, the >charge would be for the work done, not the license. > This is true, we would charge ~$500k to port to BSD for the work of doing the port (price assumes fixed price contract, if time and materials it could be less). We would also need to put a license on it that would restrain its usage such that, say, Microsoft, could not then use it in Windows without paying us. The GPL is such a restraint. Other options are possible to explore if anyone gets serious about it. Sales of licenses in addition to the GPL are about 40% of our income, and likely to increase this year dramatically. They are my best hope for being able to pay typical US wages to most of my employees. >It's clear enough >that there's no charge for the GPL. > >I can certainly understand that there would be a (significant) charge >associated with such a non-trivial port. > >Greg >-- >See complete headers for address and phone numbers > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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