Re: Filesystems again (was Re: cache_lookup() work this week.)

[Bill Huey (hui) <billh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 12:10:22AM -0500, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 23:53:30 -0500, Pedro Giffuni wrote:
> > Hans Reiser flexible on license?? You must be kidding... unless I'm outdated,
> > he hasn't even GPLd his fs, it's a business! He also posted several times on
> > FreeBSD lists that it would be easier to rewrite reiserfs than to port it to
> > FreeBSD.
> 
> It's in GPL license. Check ->
> http://www.namesys.com/content_table.html#13_1
> 
> His attitude seems to be little flexible to me, no? Well, who cares.. All
> I care is Hans Reiser's answer of 'yes' or 'no' for BSD license or
> whatever. :-)

I've read posts from either him or from one of his lackies being very
enthusiastic about doing a very "challenging" port of ReiserFS to some
BSD, so he's definitely positive about the idea. Don't know where the
post is exactly, but it definitely was public. I do not expect him to
convert it over to a BSD license, but to keep under GPL to protect his
investment in it. He runs his business based on these things.

bill