ok, so... how can do it in such a way it can go into the tree? should I re-implement JFS?
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 4:57 PM, STeve Andre' <and...@msu.edu> wrote: > On 07/04/11 15:51, Daniel Testa wrote: >> >> Hi, I'd like to start working on the openbsd kernel. I thought about >> adding JFS (http://jfs.sourceforge.net/) to it. >> >> Do you know if there's anyone already working on this? I cannot access >> the bug tracking system (seems to be down) >> >> It seems that the JFS maintenance is being carried out in kernel.org >> and contains the following legend: >> >> [...] >> /* >> * Copyright (C) International Business Machines Corp., 2000-2004 >> * >> * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify >> * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by >> * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or >> * (at your option) any later version. >> * >> * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, >> * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of >> * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See >> * the GNU General Public License for more details. >> * >> * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License >> * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software >> * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 >> USA >> */ >> [...] >> >> it is ok to port this kind of source code or a reimplementation is >> preferred? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Regards. >> Daniel. >> >> > It will never go into the tree. GPL'd code is OK for ports, but not > OpenBSD itself. > > --STeve Andre'
