Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 05 Mar 2004 10:59:49 -0800 | From | Steve Longerbeam <> | Subject | Re: new special filesystem for consideration in 2.6/2.7 |
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Dave Jones wrote:
>On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 10:09:09AM -0800, Steve Longerbeam wrote: > > >An intro to PRAMFS along with a technical specification > > >is at the SourceForge project web page at > > >http://pramfs.sourceforge.net/. A patch for 2.6.3 has > > >been released at the SF project site. > > > > > > A new patch for 2.6.4 is available, but it and the 2.6.3 patch > > are each ~2900 lines, so I won't post here. But here's the intro: > >Without commenting on the code, the biggest thing holding back >inclusion of this is likely the comment about there likely being >patents held on parts of that code. > > Dave >
Dave, true MV has a patent pending, but it would only affect any future use of the technology in a _non GPL_ operating system. Used in Linux or any future GPL software, no patent licenses or royalties are involved at all.
I am not a lawyer, but I think I got that right :)
Steve
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