Yeah.but still we(GNU/Linux lott) lacks ZFS from solaris. :( ofcourse ,license conflict On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Zaheer Kozhakkaniyil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > Hello all, > > I guess that is good news for all of us. > > What about the SGI 'XFS' filesystem format? Is it licensed under the GNU > GPL / LGPL? > > Zaheer. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Sullivan" > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [FSF] Thank you SGI, for freeing the GNU/Linux 3D desktop! > Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:05:24 -0400 > > > In January of 2008, software code at the heart of GNU/Linux 3D > applications was discovered to be non-free -- a potential disaster > for free software advocates hoping to see advanced graphical > acceleration now common on modern operating systems. > > The code, licensed by Silicon Graphics (SGI), was distributed under > the SGI Free License B and the GLX Public License. These licenses, > although permissive, contained three sets of terms which created > significant burdens for all users and developers and a particular > problem for the free software community because they made the code > non-free (see the Free Software Definition at > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html). > > The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Free Software Compliance Lab's > Brett Smith explained, "We discovered that these licenses covered > contributions that SGI had made to the X.Org Project and the Mesa 3D > Graphics Library. These projects, including SGI's code, are an > important and familiar part of modern GNU/Linux desktop systems. The > FSF Compliance Lab then worked with SGI towards today's > announcement." > > You can read SGI's press release here: > > http://www.sgi.com/company_info/newsroom/press_releases/2008/september/opengl.html > > Please vote for their press release on digg.com at: > http://digg.com/linux_unix/SGI_Further_Opens_Its_OpenGL_Contributions > > Steve Neuner of SGI said, "SGI has been one of the most ardent > commercial supporters of free and open source software, so it was > important to us that we continue to support the free software > development community by releasing our earlier OpenGL-related > contributions under this new license. This license ensures that all > existing user communities will benefit, and their work can proceed > unimpeded. Both Mesa and the X.org Project can continue to utilize > this code in free software distributions of GNU/Linux. Now more than > ever, software previously released by SGI under earlier GLX and SGI > Free Software License B is free." > > Welcoming today's announcement, Peter Brown, FSF executive director, > said, "We couldn't be happier with this decision, and we're very > grateful to SGI for all their assistance. The FSF is committed to > ensuring that everyone's computing tasks can be done with free > software and this SGI code plays an important role in scientific and > design applications and in the latest desktop environments and > games." > > Still, there are a few legal loose ends that need to be tied up > before GNU/Linux distributions can utilize all the code base in > freedom. Brett Smith explained, "There are a few other copyright > holders that I'm working with to resolve their licensing issues and > I'm confident that fully free distributions like gNewSense will soon > be able to utilize all of this code." The FSF will be releasing > further information early next week. > > In addition to thanking SGI for this major contribution, the FSF > would like to thank the OpenBSD community for alerting the FSF to > the problem. > > > ### Media Contacts > > Peter Brown > Executive Director > Free Software Foundation > +1 (617) 542 5942 > > > > _______________________________________________ > info-fsf mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-fsf > > > > Zaheer M K > GNU/Linux user #351122 > Registered at http://counter.li.org > > > -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! > Choose From 200+ Email Addresses > Get a *Free* Account at www.mail.com <http://www.mail.com/Product.aspx>! > > _______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > [email protected] > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > > -- Use Linux Operating System.Free Yourself from Windows and Viruses,trogens.. Use Free Or Swatanthra Softwares.learn more at: http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/ http://fsf.org Windows Vista is evil: http://badvista.fsf.org
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