[OpenAFS] An open letter from the OpenAFS Council of Elders

[David R Boldt]

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I am reminded of an account of the early days of Apache, 
when IBM decided that it wanted to be able to bill for 
customer support of this open source product.  A description 
of the conversation between the implementers of this service 
and the corporate lawyers had a section that went something 
like this:

"So let me get this straight, you want to create a legally 
binding agreement with a ... website"

"Yes."


I can't think of any downsides to the Incorporation of 
OpenAFS; It sounds like a very good thing to me.


                              -- David Boldt
                                 <dboldt@usgs.gov>


PS   Great description of OpenAFS history, 
     function and progress.
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<br><tt><font size=2>I am reminded of an account of the early days of Apache,
</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>when IBM decided that it wanted to be able to bill
for </font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>customer support of this open source product. &nbsp;A
description </font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>of the conversation between the implementers of this
service </font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>and the corporate lawyers had a section that went
something </font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>like this:</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>&quot;So let me get this straight, you want to create
a legally </font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>binding agreement with a ... website&quot;</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>&quot;Yes.&quot;</font></tt>
<br>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>I can't think of any downsides to the Incorporation
of </font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>OpenAFS; It sounds like a very good thing to me.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2><br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;-- David Boldt<br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;dboldt@usgs.gov&gt;<br>
</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>PS &nbsp; Great description of OpenAFS history, </font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;function and progress.</font></tt>
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