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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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