james rich wrote:
> Since XFS integrates with the OS they would have to GPL Solaris (I think)
> - not likely. With a BSD compatible license (such as would be required to
> make it into the *BSDs) Sun (or anyone else) could take the XFS code,
> modify it to work for them (and potentially not work for you - see
> MicroSoft and kerberos) and then sell the result *without helping SGI in
> any way*. So SGI loses contributors to it's code and gains a competitor
> using its own filesystem!
GPL is an IP _protector_, whereas BSD is not.
Again, check out my preliminary "dual-licensing GPL" article here:
http://www.smithconcepts.com/opinion/#tth_sEc1.2
Please comment. I plan on finishing it off over the next few days
(just haven't had time to even spell check it!).
-- TheBS
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