LVM and SPL
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I'll preface this with the statement that I am not a lawyer (nor do I have a desire to become one).
Quoted 11 lines · [email protected] said:
sistina this week switched the license for the GFS tools from the GPL to the SPL
http://www.sistina.com/Sistina%20Public%20License%201.0.pdf
I'm worried now that Sistina will switch the license for LVM. However, considering there was almost a fork of the project (mostly) because of something as "simple" as mailing list policy, i guess openLVM would
pop up again pretty quickly in that case... Is it concievable that
the kernel patches will stay GPL'ed but a more restrictive license applied to the userspace tools ?
LVM is GPL'ed and the copyright is held by a number of entities that have contributed substantial pieces of code to the project over its life. IMO, this makes it impossible to relicense LVM under a different license.
Sistina has no intention of changing the existing LVM user-space tools to another license. The LVM kernel patches and use-space tools will remain under the GPL.
As I said earlier, LVM is GPL'ed and has multiple copyright holders currently that protect its position as a GPL project. Sistina is committed to maintaining this status and working with the LVM community to enhance and maintain it.
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Michael Declerck, [email protected] +1.510.823.7991