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From: Jonathan Briggs <jbriggs@esoft.com>
Subject: Re: implementing reiserfs in C++ for a new OS
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 09:17:35 -0600
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On Mon, 2004-08-09 at 08:52, Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando wrote:
> Ramachandra K wrote:
>=20
> >Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com> wrote:
> >
> > =20
> >
> >>Is it a free OS, or do you need to buy a license from us in
> >>addition to  the GPL?
> >>
> >>   =20
> >>
> >
> >ReiserFS would be implemented FROM SCRATCH for Capital
> >in C++ with the help of existing literature/documentation etc.
> >By this I mean that no existing code would be used, that is
> >ported or modified in any way. This should mean that GPL=20
> >would not be applicable to the code written for my OS, Capital.
> > =20
> >
> Opps. There are something wrong here.
>=20
> Seems that Capital OS, will stole the ReiserFS idea and re-implement.
>=20
> Very honest, very capital like.
>=20
> Thanks,
> Giovanni

To be fair, it is the same as OSS has done to Microsoft with NTFS and
FAT.  I would not expect much help from Hans Reiser for such a project,
though.
--=20
Jonathan Briggs
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