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From: Brian Thomas Sniffen <bts@alum.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: reiser4 non-free?
Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 19:18:17 -0400
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To: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk>, debian-legal@lists.debian.org, reiserfs-list@namesys.com

Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com> writes:

> The kernel portion is GPL V2, this is the progs license.....

Oh!  That makes many things more clear.  I know I've been assuming
"reiser4 non-free" meant the filesystem, not the reference tools which
manipulate it.  So somebody else can reimplement them in free
versions, writing from the specification.  Eugh, what a pain, and what
a waste, redoing all that work, but it's at least feasible.

-Brian

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Brian Sniffen                                       bts@alum.mit.edu