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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2020-10-08, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>
> I haven't been paying much attention.  I have a question.  Has VSI said 
> that they are using the existing GFS2 code, or, just the design, which 
> they perhaps are implementing?
>
> If they write their own, where would be the problem?
>

If they write their own from a formal public specification and don't need
to use the GPL code to understand how it works then there is no problem.

But if VSI are going to the major effort of doing that, then why don't
they simply complete the VAFS work instead, which is a product that
they would fully control and which would be a native VMS product ?

BTW, I have not been able to find a public specification for the current
GFS2 filesystem (not the original GFS filesystem). Does anyone have
a link to the current formal _GFS2_ specification ?

Thanks,

Simon.

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