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| author | Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> | 2016-05-06 11:03:41 +1000 |
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| committer | Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> | 2016-05-06 11:03:41 +1000 |
| commit | 2305a2e6abdf9bc42e501cb7daae31759bee2d21 (patch) | |
| tree | 2eaf7abcb2dd5345864dcbe4e1ffde2855b77873 | |
| parent | 2109165dd7ad8cb16b2528c42a4dcc35bf00734f (diff) | |
| download | linux-2305a2e6abdf9bc42e501cb7daae31759bee2d21.tar.gz linux-2305a2e6abdf9bc42e501cb7daae31759bee2d21.tar.xz | |
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>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt | 5 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt index 41c3d332acc9..5b21ef76f751 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt @@ -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. |