Re: Interest from the FreeBSD camp

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>]

Russell Cattelan wrote:

> Two finding anybody in SGI management that actually wants
> XFS on BSD to happen and thus willing to commit resources to
> writing a "dual" licensee.

Remember that one of the most time-consuming, difficult parts of this
project early on was handling the "lawyer issues" - I saw one slide that
said a couple lawyers quit in the process.... :)  Tackling that all over
again would probably not be a high priority.

Also, you have to think about "what would SGI gain from a BSD port?" -
what would justify the extra expense for the company?  XFS for Linux is
a strategic move for SGI, it's not a purely altruistic project.  :)

-Eric

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