[OpenAFS-devel] Re: IPv6 strawman plan: Re: Moving Forwards

[Andrew Deason]

On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:19:40 -0400
Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@your-file-system.com> wrote:

> While you may fork the code base, you may not fork the AFS3 wire
> protocols.  If you decide to implement your own extensions to AFS3 you
> must follow the rules of the AFS3 standardization and RPC registration
> processes.  If you choose not to follow those rules, then you must
> implement your own wire protocol that will not interfere with AFS3
> clients and servers.

Aside from what Simon said, anyone can just request RPC code points
without explanation of what they are. If Troy wants to request 50
'private' points from each relevant package and make his own protocol, I
have a hard time seeing the trouble with that.

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Andrew Deason
adeason@sinenomine.net