Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 05 Oct 2005 22:32:38 -0600 | From | jmerkey <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] Wolf Mountain File System [what's next for the linux kernel] |
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And yes. this will be open source. The designs will be released under the GPL Documentation License, but the code will be under something other than the GPL. I haven't decided just what yet
Jeff
jmerkey wrote:
> > I haven't written a line of code for this yet on Linux, but I have > kept this design in my head and evolved it over the years in the back > of my head. Wiki's come close in terms of the ideas but that's only a > shadow of what was conceived so long ago. I have watched the industry > patiently for many years on this list, waiting, and I have seen some > elements of this scheme emerge, but have been disappointed since > humans just seem to feel more comfortable inside the box, and not go > out of it. > > I've worked extensively in the Linux VFS and I/O subsystems and > created companies that have sold for millions of dollars with > specialized file systems with extreme levels of performance. I > believe I can finally pull this off in Linux. This is a big project, > and I cannot do it alone. I also dislike the GPL because it concedes > control of something kernel.org could copyright as "the organization > of kernel.org" and control over the internet and allow healthier > businesses to grow around it. I am proposing not just a file system > or clustering, but a unique architecture and new communication model > for the internet for collaborative sharing at the kernel level with > distributed data and routing facilities and disconnectable > operations. It does not resemble anything that exists today. This FS > will not be released under the GPL but the BSD-mod license on Linux > with a kicker that contributors can retain copyrights. Since binary > modules are allowed, any contributor gets a share of the booty -- Just > for fun. > Al Petrofsky and Pamela Jones managed to hornswaggle the Novell > Settlement agreement onto the internet, and it speaks for itself. At > this point, people I think know there are no IP claims related to any > "intallagible knowledge." So now it's time. I have my own NOS, but > I had always wanted to share, which for some reason you folks never > get that part. I am doing this "Just for Fun" at this point and for > no other reason. I dropped the lawsuits and flushed out the turkeys, > and its time to get back to work. This time without the "sword of > damacles" hanging over my head. It's pretty hard to get the whole > internet to hate you, but somehow I succeeded. Now time to pay the dues. > Website is: > > en.wikigadugi.org > > Post bugs for Linux here. > FTP is: > > ftp.wikigadugi.org > > Give me a couple of days, and I will be starting on my off time. I > work best alone, but we will see how it goes. I've had more than > enough of the wire brush of enlightenment in the last year, so I think > I'm well on my way to playing better in the sandbox. > White papers will be up in the next several weeks on the wiki. I need > to go over with folks who are interested in building a metropolitan > area network architecture in a collaborative setting the layout and > architecture and it needs to be flushed out. I am doing this for me > alone and just for the fun of building it. This is something Novell > doesn't have, Darl McSwine doesn't have, and M$ doesn't have. Let's > get there first. It will appear FIRST on the Linux Operating System. > > Jeff >
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