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Message-ID: <4673B77E.1000803@wolfmountaingroup.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:12:14 -0600
From: "Jeffrey V. Merkey" <jmerkey@...fmountaingroup.com>
To: "Jeffrey V. Merkey" <jmerkey@...fmountaingroup.com>
CC: Jack Stone <jack@...keye.stone.uk.eu.org>,
alan <alan@...eserver.org>, hpa@...or.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
akpm@...ux-foundation.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: Versioning file system
Jeffrey V. Merkey wrote:
>
> This already exists -- it just not open sourced, and you could spend
> years trying to create it. Trust me, once you start dealing with the
> distributed issues with this, its gets very complex. I am not meaning
> to discourage you, but there are patents already filed on this on
> Linux. So you need to consider these as well, and there are several
> folks who are already doing this or have done it. If it goes into
> Microsoft endorsed cross licensed Linuxes It may be ok (Vertias sold
> this capability to Microsoft already, about 12 patents there to worry
> over). There's also another patent filed as well. It's a noble
> effort to do a free version, but be aware there's some big guns with
> patents out there already, not to mention doing this is complex beyond
> belief.
> Anyway good luck. ~~~~
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I reviewed your sample implementation, and it appears to infringe 3
patents already. You should do some research on this. ~~~~
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