From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hubert Chan Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 17:18:17 -0400 Sender: news Message-ID: <878yc1ppie.fsf@uhoreg.ca> References: <20040824202521.GA26705@lst.de> <412CEE38.1080707@namesys.com> <20040825152805.45a1ce64.akpm@osdl.org> <412D9FE6.9050307@namesys.com> <23320000.1093550657@flay> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>>>> "Martin" == Martin J Bligh writes: Martin> Andrew wrote: > And what are the licensing implications of plugins? Are they derived >> works? Must they be GPL'ed? Martin> [Hans] replied: >>> And what are the licensing implications of plugins? Are they >>> derived works? >> >> Yes. Martin> I find it odd that you cut out the last part of his question. So Martin> must they be GPL'ed or not? If they are derived works of GPL'ed software, then they obviously must be GPL'ed (or else they are illegal). But if the authors obtain an alternate license from Hans/Namesys, then they are bound by the terms of that license. (Of course, this case would most likely apply only to Reiser4 running under a different operating system.) -- Hubert Chan - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hubert Chan Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 17:18:17 -0400 Sender: news Message-ID: <878yc1ppie.fsf@uhoreg.ca> References: <20040824202521.GA26705@lst.de> <412CEE38.1080707@namesys.com> <20040825152805.45a1ce64.akpm@osdl.org> <412D9FE6.9050307@namesys.com> <23320000.1093550657@flay> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org >>>>> "Martin" == Martin J Bligh writes: Martin> Andrew wrote: > And what are the licensing implications of plugins? Are they derived >> works? Must they be GPL'ed? Martin> [Hans] replied: >>> And what are the licensing implications of plugins? Are they >>> derived works? >> >> Yes. Martin> I find it odd that you cut out the last part of his question. So Martin> must they be GPL'ed or not? If they are derived works of GPL'ed software, then they obviously must be GPL'ed (or else they are illegal). But if the authors obtain an alternate license from Hans/Namesys, then they are bound by the terms of that license. (Of course, this case would most likely apply only to Reiser4 running under a different operating system.) -- Hubert Chan - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.