[OpenAFS-devel] keyring/pag support for linux

[Derek Atkins]

David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> writes:

> The problem I've got is that I discussed this with another kernel
> engineer who, when I mentioned this was for OpenAFS, promised that
> he'd get Linus to revert any patch I put any specifically for
> OpenAFS.  As far as he's concerned, it's illegal to load OpenAFS
> into the kernel because you violate the licence:-(

NFSv4 could also use it, so this patch isn't necessarily just for
OpenAFS.  And I can posit others could use it as well.

Why do the lkml people hate OpenAFS so much?

-derek
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