[OpenAFS-devel] [PATCH 1/2] linux < 2.4 cleanup

[Andres Salomon]

On Sun, 2005-05-08 at 00:09 -0400, Kris Van Hees wrote:
[...]
> 
> I highly doubt that the OpenAFS kernel module will ever make it into the Linux
> kernel, given that OpenAFS is governed under the IBM Public License v1.0, and
> that is to my knowledge not compatible with the GPL.  Also, I do not think that

I wasn't aware that the IBM Public License wasn't GPL-compatible.  Oh
well.


> there really is any interest to try to get the OpenAFS kernel module into the
> Linux kernel, given that it is part of the entire OpenAFS software distribution
> and taking out the kernel module and merging it into the Linux source tree
> seems rather pointless.
> 

Not at all; plenty of filesystem drivers (network or otherwise) are
handled like that.


> If OpenAFS not being part of the kernel is seen as a reason for not viewing
> OpenAFS as a distributed filesystem option, people with that view may actually
> count themselves lucky.  I don't think they're ready for something like AFS
> (or probably any kind of software that operates on a sufficiently low level
> without actually being part of the kernel).
> 

It's a perceived stability thing; things that are not included with the
kernel are viewed as unstable/experimental.  Someone whose primary
platform is Linux is going to look at the filesystems included with it,
first.

However, since the license isn't suited for inclusion, no sense
discussing it further..