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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2020-10-09, Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:
> Chris Townley  <cctownley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>Is it not possible they have negotiated to buy a license to use the code th=
>>at is suitable for their purpose from the owners?
>
> You don't negotiate with rms.  You might as well argue with a rock.

Red Hat are the original copyright owners after buying the product,
so they could in theory dual-licence that original version for a
sufficient amount of money.

However, how many other copyright owners might there be over the
last decade or so as a result of additional changes to the code
after it was integrated into Linux ?

Simon.

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