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Re: [OpenAFS] ...Those That Help Themselves

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ken Hornstein)
Wed May 30 15:40:29 2001

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To: info-afs@transarc.com, openafs-info@openafs.org
In-reply-to: Your message of "30 May 2001 12:53:22 EDT."
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Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 15:33:26 -0400
From: Ken Hornstein <kenh@cmf.nrl.navy.mil>

>After our own bad experience, reading the number of horror stories
>being posted to these lists, and hearing from other Universities with
>similar tales, it has become fairly clear that IBM doesn't really care
>about AFS, and we are unlikely to see things getting better.

So, I guess if we're going to sum up the new "two tier" IBM AFS licensing
model, it would be:

- Put your head between your knees
- Kiss your source license goodbye.

--Ken

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