Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 06 Mar 2004 19:06:04 -0800 | From | Mike Fedyk <> | Subject | Re: new special filesystem for consideration in 2.6/2.7 |
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Steve Longerbeam wrote: > > > 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.
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