Hi,
I can see the need for namespace protection; but it is clear that to
remain in the spirit of an open-source system it would have to be done
very carefully. I mean:
Its reasonable (from my point of view):
1) To say that any extension to the API must use a particular form of
name - e.g.
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Brian Behlendorf wrote:
OK, so we have two new analogies to implementing an API, that of "baking a
cake from a recipe" and "that of building a house from blueprints". I
still think the line between that and "write a novel based on a
Shakespeare play" is not defined.
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