Re: blatant GPL violation of ext2 and reiserfs filesystem drivers

Bryan Henderson
2006-01-05T17:31:12Z

I just want to correct the following statement from this thread (it was
corrected before, but I see it quoted again).

> * User downloads this GPLed software and asks the developer to provide
> source code. Developer replies that the source code will be provided
> only to paying customers:
> <URL:
http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/message.jspa?messageID=12277#12277>.

This is not a true statement. It is true if you remove the word "only."
In fact, in the same posting where Developer mentioned paying customers,
he also appears to say source code for everyone would be forthcoming. This
became an issue only because said code never came forth. Developer never
said why.

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Bryan Henderson IBM Almaden Research Center
San Jose CA Filesystems