On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:41:51 +0100
Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Montag 24 November 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > On Tuesday 25 November 2008 00:15:55 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > > On Montag 24 November 2008, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 04:41:14PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > > > > > btrfs looks very promising. I hope it will become a good
> > > > > > fs. Fast for everybody, stable, efficient. We will see.
> > > > > > Until then I will stay with r4+compression.
> > > > >
> > > > > Well, it is under a restrictive license, so there is no
> > > > > chance that this filestem will become popular on many OS
> > > > > platforms.
> > > >
> > > > btrfs is under GPL...
> > >
> > > you can stop right here. Jörg thinks that the GPL is restrictive
> > > and the CPPL much more 'freedomy'. Don't try to argue. It will
> > > result in some flamefest.
> >
> > I dunno about that. About the flamefest I mean. For the past 6
> > months Joerg has been a decent helpful member around here. He
> > answers up every time his code is involved, doesn't rise to the
> > bait with the occasional dumb user question and is mostly your
> > typical geek with straight answers - with a bit of slack cut
> > because he's not native English speaking.
> >
> > It wasn't always like that, but I think we should acknowledge
> > things that change for the better.
>
> I am not saying that it is Jörg's fault. Just saying that arguing
> will end in a flame fest. I have seen him writing about the GPL and
> his more favorite licences before - nothing Nicolas or anybody else
> says will change his mind. And nothing he will say will change the
> mind of the GPL fans. So there will be some clash of egos and a big,
> fat flame war, each side convinced to speak the ultimate truth. No
> thanks.
Also, no one reading it would learn anything more than they could have
by googling a little while. All the arguments about whether copyleft is
more or less freedomish than non-copyleft are already out there for
anyone who wants to read them.
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