Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753888AbcD2NeL (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:34:11 -0400 Received: from mail-pf0-f195.google.com ([209.85.192.195]:35198 "EHLO mail-pf0-f195.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753654AbcD2NdK (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:33:10 -0400 From: Ryusuke Konishi To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-nilfs , LKML , Ryusuke Konishi Subject: [PATCH 06/11] nilfs2: clarify permission to replicate the design Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 22:15:42 +0900 Message-Id: <1461935747-10380-7-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.3.1 In-Reply-To: <1461935747-10380-1-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> References: <1461935747-10380-1-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> X-Dispatcher: imput version 20110525(IM151) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1028 Lines: 25 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 --- 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