Re[2]: What is 2.4 Linux networking performance like compared to BSD?

linuxjob
2001-03-05T08:12:11Z

Hello Gregory,

Friday, March 02, 2001, 9:00:07 PM, you wrote:

GM> On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 09:02:13AM +0000, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote:
>> reiser@namesys.com (Hans Reiser) writes:
>> > If I can't get information about BSD v. Linux 2.4 networking code,
>> > then reiserfs has to get ported to BSD which will be both nice and a
>> > pain to do.
>>
>> So we would get dual-licensed ReiserFS (BSD and GPL)?
>>
>> Are you aware of the legal implications, making your currently
>> GPL-only code BSD-licensed (status of third party patches for the GPL
>> code and so on)?

GM> There would be no reason to BSD licence ReiserFS.. The intent of the BSD
GM> licence is to let anyone who wants to lock it up with more restrictive
GM> licences do so, and if the result is more popular.. take over control of the
GM> software.

GM> So Hans could easily release a GPLed copy of FreeBSD with reiserfs. This
GM> type of activity is encouraged by the BSD people.
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Yes, I have never heard a version -- FreeLinux. Linux is not free.
FreeBSD is true free.

Regards,
linuxjob mailto:linuxjob@163.net