From:	 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	 freemyer@NorcrossGroup.com (Greg Freemyer)
Subject: Re: GFS is no longer GPL.
Date:	 Thu, 30 Aug 2001 22:25:40 +0100 (BST)
Cc:	 sean.upton@uniontrib.com, linux-ha@muc.de

> I just saw that GFS is now being released under a new license: SPL  (Sistina =
> Public License).

I've already sent them formal notice that their current 4.2 tree mixed with
Linux appears to be violating my GPL copyright. I've been ignored so far. 
They will be getting a registered letter in a few days if they don't bother 
to respond. This isnt a fs using Linus published external module apis for a 
binary module its a huge great dirty kernel patch as well, which is why I've
taken that action.

If they were simply doing a non-free release that used existing kernel API's
I'd be annoyed but not bothered, as it is they seem to be doing dirtier
things and more blatantly than any company before. 

I'm hoping they will resolve this sensibly, we shall see. For now I think
the best approach is to be quiet and reasonable. They've done something
that seems wrong and silly, they should have a few days to resolve it.

> Maybe someone else will get the latest GPL'd version and startup a separate =
> project.

OpenGFS.org has been registered and the opengfs project is already setting
up. Sistina's claim is that their licensing change will let them fund work
and release it on later as Aladdin did, the opengfs project is there to ask
the question. 

The web site and sourceforge project will be active in a day or two, and 
hopefully it will get sufficient contributions to get opengfs into the
2.5 kernel tree.

Alan

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