I'm looking into packaging CMU's coda distributed filesystem. It is based on AFS, with enhancements to allow disconnected use. There are kernel drivers for it in the 2.1.x series and they are available as patches for the 2.0.x series.
Seeing that there are other kernel module packages available for the distributed 2.0.x kernel, would it be useful to package up a kernel-module of coda for 2.0? (I'll probably look in to that as well... Though I tend to be on the bleeding edge myself.) Now, on to the copyright question. The following is an excerpt from one file (coda-src/vice/srvproc.cc to be exact). The CMU licence does not seem to pose a problem, but the IBM notice is rather unclear. The only thing that is obvious is that CMU can distribute the source. It would also appear that derrived works are allowed. Thoughts please... Regards, /Anders --->8--- /* Coda: an Experimental Distributed File System Release 4.0 Copyright (c) 1987-1996 Carnegie Mellon University All Rights Reserved Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and its documentation is hereby granted, provided that both the copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies of the software, derivative works or modified versions, and any portions thereof, and that both notices appear in supporting documentation, and that credit is given to Carnegie Mellon University in all documents and publicity pertaining to direct or indirect use of this code or its derivatives. CODA IS AN EXPERIMENTAL SOFTWARE SYSTEM AND IS KNOWN TO HAVE BUGS, SOME OF WHICH MAY HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. CARNEGIE MELLON ALLOWS FREE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE IN ITS "AS IS" CONDITION. CARNEGIE MELLON DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY OF ANY KIND FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE OR OF ANY DERIVATIVE WORK. Carnegie Mellon encourages users of this software to return any improvements or extensions that they make, and to grant Carnegie Mellon the rights to redistribute these changes without encumbrance. */ static char *rcsid = "$Header: /afs/cs/project/coda-src/cvs/coda/coda-src/vice/ s rvproc.cc,v 4.10 1998/01/12 23:35:42 braam Exp $"; #endif /*_BLURB_*/ /* IBM COPYRIGHT NOTICE Copyright (C) 1986 International Business Machines Corporation All Rights Reserved This file contains some code identical to or derived from the 1986 version of the Andrew File System ("AFS"), which is owned by the IBM Corporation. This code is provded "AS IS" and IBM does not warrant that it is free of infringement of any intellectual rights of any third party. IBM disclaims liability of any kind for any damages whatsoever resulting directly or indirectly from use of this software or of any derivative work. Carnegie Mellon University has obtained permission to distribute this code, which is based on Version 2 of AFS and does not contain the features and enhancements that are part of Version 3 of AFS. Version 3 of AFS is commercially available and supported by Transarc Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA. */ --->8--- -- -- This message specially handmade by the imps of the Couterweight Continent Anders Hammarquist, Mandolingatan 5, S-421 40 Västra Frölunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]