RE:Re: TUX2 filesystem

RE:Re: TUX2 filesystem

[Hell.Surfers]

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what patent issues.???



On 	Mon, 26 Aug 2002 20:08:09 +0200 	Daniel Phillips <phillips@arcor.de> wrote:

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From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@arcor.de>
To: Frederic Roussel <frederic.roussel@efi.com>, "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: TUX2 fiulesystem
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 20:08:09 +0200
Message-ID: <E17jOHa-0002Xd-00@starship>

On Monday 26 August 2002 19:40, Frederic Roussel wrote:
> Mr Daniel Phillips started the TUX2 filesystem project some time ago.
> The links to `tux2' are either dead or quite old.
> 
> Does any kernel developer know about the status of that project ?
> 
> Maybe yourself, Daniel, care to comment ?

It's well down my list of priorities because of uncertainties due to
the U.S. patent system.

Does anybody want to know if patent chill exists, and is it hurting
open source?  The answer is yes.

-- 
Daniel
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RE:Re: TUX2 filesystem

[Hank Leininger]

On 2002-08-26, <Hell.Surfers@cwctv.net> wrote:

> what patent issues.???

[ Please beat your mail{reader,vendor} into defaulting to bottom-posting ]

> On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 Daniel Phillips <phillips@arcor.de> wrote: 
> > Maybe yourself, Daniel, care to comment ?

> It's well down my list of priorities because of uncertainties due to
> the U.S. patent system.
>
> Does anybody want to know if patent chill exists, and is it hurting
> open source?  The answer is yes.

I'm guessing Daniel is referring to NetApp/WAFL issues.  NetApp's WAFL
filesystem (IIRC) implements something which is kinda sorta if-you-squint-
your-eyes philosophically similar to tux2's phase tree.  Only

a) It isn't *really* all that similar
b) Daniel has prior art going back to the 1980's
c) NetApp has more lawyers on staff than Daniel does

Daniel, did I get it vaguely right?

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Hank Leininger <hlein@progressive-comp.com>