Re: New FS driver (and support for a new OS).

[Kurt Skauen]

OKUJI Yoshinori <address@hidden> writes:

> From: Kurt Skauen <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: New FS driver (and support for a new OS).
> Date: 02 Nov 2000 16:05:44 +0100
> 
> > Does this mean that I'm not allowed to use this code in any other
> > projects I might desire unless the entire project is under GPL?
> 
>   As long as your license term is compatible with GPL, you can. In
> fact, *BSD have code under GPL.
> 
> > That
> > I'm not allowed to later release the same code under another licence?
> 
>   Of course, because you don't have the copyright any longer.
> 
> > I must say that even though it aint that important with this tiny
> > project, I am in principiell *strongly* against this. I think it is
> > *very* rude to require that I give away all the rights to my code.
> 
>   Do whatever you like. We don't force you to send an assignment. But
> we don't apply your patch, if you don't confirm that your code will be
> free forever.

Ok, I just leave the sources in my CVS repositorry then. Some of the
code is cut & paste from my original FS sourcers, and I'm getting more
bad fealings for the GPL every day so I will not risk locking any of
the AtheOS sources up in GPL. Especially not core components like the
filesystem.

-- 
Kurt Skauen. ( http://www.atheos.cx/ )

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