Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 17:46:41 +0000 From: Hiten Pandya <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>, 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]i Re: metadata update durability ordering/soft updates Message-ID: <20020318174641.A1153@hpdi.ath.cx>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] > Or you can port it and then use it on any OS you want, so long > as you are an end user, and not a company who sells OSs, so > long as you don't redistribute the result... the GPL doesn't > kick in until you attempt to exercise distribution rights. > > You could also, for example, build a company that charged to > store data on the GPL'ed ReiserFS, ported to some proprietary > OS, and as long as you never sold your hosting platforms to > anyone, there'd be no problem. You could call your new company > "Defeat-the-spirit-of-the-GPL Data Vaulting, Incorporated". So from what you are saying, I can (if I wanted to 8-)) port ReiserFS to FreeBSD, under the GPL License, but that would be of no point, because it cannot be used as a boot FS unless a royalty was paid to the Hans for the rights, right? :) I don't understand one thing though, what are we doing in the case of Ext2FS, which is supported in FreeBSD. As far as I know, the Ext2FS version of FreeBSD has also got some GPL'ed bits? The Ext2FS is supplied as a source filesystem on FreeBSD CD-ROMs and people are allowed to sell them... Wouldn't this be the same thing in the case of a GPL'ed ReiserFS, XFS or any other GPL'ed filesystem or code? Regards, -- Hiten Pandya http://jfs4bsd.sf.net - JFS for FreeBSD (JFS4BSD) http://www.FreeBSD.org - The Power to Serve [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8ligAhh1dveTjA8MRAjT5AKCRgyxfpoUY+LtcO+UW2hYTYRywEACgpUP+ aMb/DkMaK76ucLFvSyG5OTU= =G2+p -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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