On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:00:42AM -0500, Jesse W. Asher wrote:
>
> Isn't this kinda antithetical to the open source movement? This is
> basically saying, "Hey, we're going to make something open source, just
> not on these platforms."
>
> Are you saying that the source code can't be used by someone to port it
> to Solaris, or that it just hasn't been done?
No they are saying they don't want Sun to take the XFS code, slap it
in the proprietary Solaris kernel and put out a press release for
Solaris 9 boasting a `New Advanced Sun Journaling filesystem'.
XFS can only be used on GPL compatible kernels, and only by
individuals who are going to keep the code Free. the only exception
being Irix of course.
--
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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