Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 17:29:22 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Ben Kelly <bkelly@vadev.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's embedded agenda Message-ID: <20060526072922.GB744@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <44767E5E.3080306@vadev.org> References: <3500.1148571492@critter.freebsd.dk> <200605251628.58158.bkelly@vadev.org> <9453AA8E-B50B-4BF4-91F2-1AC5538FC6E6@netgate.com> <44767E5E.3080306@vadev.org>
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On Fri, 2006-May-26 00:04:46 -0400, Ben Kelly wrote: >Jim Thompson wrote: >>The real issue with porting JFFS2 is that its covered by the GPL, and >>putting GPL code in the FreeBSD kernel is typically considered a 'no-no'. > >Couldn't this be handled in the same way as the ext2 and reiserfs file >systems? The viral aspects of the GPL is a far bigger issue for embedded devices than a desktop workstation. Your embedded widget won't need/have the userland GPL tools, ext2 or ReiserFS but can't survive without a FS of some sort. -- Peter Jeremy
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