linux-kernel - [PATCH 06/11] nilfs2: clarify permission to replicate the design

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Date:	Fri, 29 Apr 2016 22:15:42 +0900
From:	Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@....ntt.co.jp>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-nilfs <linux-nilfs@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@....ntt.co.jp>
Subject: [PATCH 06/11] 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.

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@....ntt.co.jp>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt
index 41c3d33..5b21ef7 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.
-- 
1.8.3.1