[Info-vax] VAFS, GFS2 and the GPL, was: Re: VSI OpenVMS Roadmap: V9.2 is x86-64 only

Simon Clubley clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Fri Oct 9 08:17:46 EDT 2020


On 2020-10-08, Chris Townley <cctownley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is it not possible they have negotiated to buy a license to use the code that is suitable for their purpose from the owners?
>

That's certainly possible, although I don't know how much the source
code would cost for such a licence.

But do they buy the really old version from when RedHat integrated it
into Linux over a decade ago or do they buy the current version which
may have a whole range of copyright owners due to the various
contributions and changes to Linux over the years ?

Simon.

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