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authorRyusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>2016-05-23 16:23:14 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-05-23 17:04:14 -0700
commit756cbdb353c597dd265f070527b5ee9901f35261 (patch)
tree21f206f189eed13010375426085042bb2b6eabe4 /Documentation
parent9e92e516ed4321b7c96206d92a21d6a36249f680 (diff)
nilfs2: clarify permission to replicate the design
To respond to a certain developer's request, this explicitly state that developers can reimplement the nilfs2 design for other operating systems to share data stored in that format. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1461935747-10380-7-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -268,3 +268,8 @@ among NILFS2 files can be depicted as follows:
( regular file, directory, or symlink )
For detail on the format of each file, please see include/linux/nilfs2_fs.h.
+
+There are no patents or other intellectual property that we protect
+with regard to the design of NILFS2. It is allowed to replicate the
+design in hopes that other operating systems could share (mount, read,
+write, etc.) data stored in this format.