On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 08:57 +0000, Carsten Agger wrote:
> A quick status:
> 

> 
> Regarding a relicensing, Daniel Stone added that the cost for SGI to do
> so would be "non-trivial":

A pity, but not supprising.

> B) 
> If this is unsuccessful, estimate the time needed for at rewrite - estimate 
> doesn't need to be very reliable, but are we talking days, weeks, or months? 
> (I should guess weeks, but testing might be a problem - input is welcome).  
> We also need to find if a rewrite e.g. might run afoul of patents.

Would there be problems with a rewrite if its done by people who have
looked at the problem code in question (eg, most of the relevent people
here)? (anyone got a thought?)
kk

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