From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753052AbZCKICl (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:02:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751772AbZCKICX (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:02:23 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:40350 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751218AbZCKICW (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:02:22 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:02:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20090311.010208.67934717.davem@davemloft.net> To: Juliusz.Chroboczek@pps.jussieu.fr Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, andy.grover@oracle.com Subject: Re: RDS: no freely available protocol specification? From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <7i63ihm3pq.fsf@lanthane.pps.jussieu.fr> References: <7i63ihm3pq.fsf@lanthane.pps.jussieu.fr> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.1 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Juliusz Chroboczek Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:07:45 +0100 > I am wondering whether we wish to encourage the use of proprietary > (undocumented) protocols, and I wish that the kernel crowd should really > try to put some pressure on the Oracle guys to get the RDS protocol spec > published as an RFC, or at the very least submitted as an Internet Draft, > before it is released as part of the Linux kernel. There is nothing proprietary about a protocol for which you have the source code to a full implementation. And having an RFC or even a draft for a protocol is not a prerequesite for it being included in the Linux kernel. So put your bad-juju back in your pocket, kthx.