RE: Fwd: reiser4 non-free?

2004-05-03 Thread Burnes, James
Is there any way to do an MD5 of either (1) each module in a software subsystem or (2) each software version and then have a central registry where interested developers and users can go to see the credits? That way you could simply do an MD5 of the current binary and use that fingerprint to see w

RE: Fwd: reiser4 non-free?

2004-05-04 Thread Burnes, James
It disturbs me that such a great piece of software engineering like ReiserV3 and V4 is sullied by licensing arguments about whether someone is going to plagiarize them. I imagine that nearly all software engineers would be horrified at the thought of stealing the Reiser3 and 4 code and representin

RE: reiser4 non-free?

2004-05-11 Thread Burnes, James
Hans Reiser wrote: > > > > > Yes, I believe that, and that is my concern. I can understand that. That's why I'm working on the 'creditsd' infrastructure. Decoupling the credit content from the visual aspect of the program's performance makes the following possible... 1. It makes it possible fo