LKML: "Jeff V. Merkey": FENRIS Code Drop

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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Linux Community,</FONT></DIV>

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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I will be making the source code to the FENRIS
(NetWare) File System available very soon to all of you.  I need a couple
of weeks to get the Copyright and License Notices in correctly as directed to us
by Linus Torvalds, and to remove any Windows NT, MS-DOS, Free BSD, and BeOS
specific portions of the code base so only the Linux code remains. 
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<DIV><FONT size=2>At present, FENRIS is a single source base that supports
several operating systems with conditional compiles.  Some of the OS
specific portions, such as Windows NT, contain code specific to the Windows NT
IFS and kernel that is proprietary to MS, and will only make the code less
readable to Linux folks (and it's probably heresy to upload any Windows NT code
into Linux anyway -- or at the very least -- very, very, very bad
manners!!!).  </FONT></DIV>

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<DIV><FONT size=2>There will be an announcement soon informing all inhabitants
of the Planet Earth that this code will be available at <A
href="http://www.timpanogas.com">www.timpanogas.com</A>.  I appreciate
everyone being patient with us as this is the first time we have every open
sourced anything via this process, so please be gentle with us.</FONT></DIV>

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<DIV><FONT size=2>I am the official maintainer (<A
href="mailto:jmerkey@timpanogas.com">jmerkey@timpanogas.com</A>) so if you see
bugs or anything else weird, then let me know.  We are **planning** June 1,
1999 as the official date when the tarball of FENRIS code will be uploaded to
our site, however, I will put it up as soon as I complete the cleanup and
"beautification" of the code, which may be sooner -- but not
later.  </FONT></DIV>

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<DIV><FONT size=2>We hope this helps the Linux community.  Stay tuned,
after this we are going to provide more stuff as time goes by.  An open
source NDS may be next in the chute.</FONT></DIV>

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<DIV><FONT size=2>Very Truly Yours,</FONT></DIV>

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<DIV><FONT size=2>Jeff Merkey</FONT></DIV>

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