[Parted-edge] Libraries for file-systems

[David Cantrell]

On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:23:31 -0200
Otavio Salvador <otavio at debian.org> wrote:

> "Matt Davis" <mattdavis9 at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > I have done a little peeking at the vfs in linux.  Since it seems many
> > filesystems adhere their fs structures to that in linux...
> > (linux/fs.h) 'struct file_operations' and such, this might be a
> > reasonable method for us to approach in proceeding with the re-work of
> > parted's vfs.
> 
> We can't _just use_ their VFS struct due license restrictions .. am I
> missing something?

Yes, guys, please be mindful of the licensing of source code.  GPLv2 only code is not compatible with GPLv3 code.  We cannot copy code from the kernel and place it in libparted.  Be very careful with what you are doing.

-- 
David Cantrell <dcantrell at redhat.com>
Red Hat / Westford, MA
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