On Wed, May 25, 2011 00:43, Ryan Simpkins wrote: > What surprised me was that their scheduler source is available. It looks like > they released it under a custom license which may restrict use to > non-commercial. Still, probably a great way for a potential job candidate to > peek under the hood.
I really should dig more before hitting send... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui_Cluster_Scheduler http://mauischeduler.sourceforge.net/ (This version is GPL, but looks to be a dead project) "Maui Cluster Scheduler is currently maintained and supported by Adaptive Computing, Inc., although most new development has come to a standstill. A next-generation commercial scheduler is part of the Moab Cluster Suite and borrows many of the same concepts found in Maui." So this is an area of the GPL I don't quite get. Someone can come along and take the ideas in GPLd code and integrate it into a closed-source commercial product. Since GPL projects are very often collaborative volunteer efforts, it seems it would be rather unlikely those ideas would be patented. Which, interestingly, may be a really good thing. The more GPLd code out there the better, because it can potentially stop patent trolls from gaining new weapons. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
