Re: [ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [ekohl] 61145: [FASTFAT] FsdGetFsVolumeInformation: Return volume creation time.

[David Quintana (gigaherz)]

Oh I should have clicked the link, I just noticed that code uses
MS-LPL 1.1, which is worded differently.

The new wording is:

"(F) Platform Limitation - The licenses granted in sections 2(A) and
2(B) extend only to the software or derivative works that you create
that run directly on a Microsoft Windows operating system product,
Microsoft run-time technology (such as the .NET Framework or
Silverlight), or Microsoft application platform (such as Microsoft
Office or Microsoft Dynamics)."

This is a lot more ambiguous, whether or not the new word "directly"
changes things. I think it doesn't, but it would require a more
lawyer-y mind to figure out.

On 29 November 2013 17:35, David Quintana (gigaherz) <gigaherz(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>   The exact words of the license, as seen at
>  http://www.ohloh.net/licenses/mslpl (I couldn't find a better link for
>  it), are:
>
>  "4. (F) Platform Limitation- The licenses granted in sections 2(A) &
>  2(B) extend only to the software or derivative works that you create
>  that run on a Microsoft Windows operating system product."
>
>  Excluding that term, the rest of the license is mostly a
>  differently-worded BSD license. If it only needs to be tested in
>  windows to ensure that it works there, then there should be absolutely
>  no problem including it in ReactOS, as long as the terms don't
>  conflict with the other licenses' terms. And GPL with the ReactOS
>  exception, as far as I can tell, allows it. I'm not a lawyer, though,
>  so I could be wrong.
>
>  On 29 November 2013 16:17, Alexander Andrejevic
>  <theflash(a)sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> > Hi Ged,
> >
> > Are you sure that we can use software released under the MS-LPL? It has a rather
> weird
> > limitation in section 4, which says that you can only use it on a "Microsoft
> Windows operating system product".
> > Since ReactOS is not Windows, that would mean we can't use it.
> > Please correct me if I'm wrong.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Alexander
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 02:58:51PM -0000, Ged Murphy wrote:
> >> Hi Eric,
> >>
> >> I know this has been discussed before, but should we not just bite the bullet and
> replace this driver with the Microsoft driver.
> >> The MS_LPL license allows it to be used in reactos, and it would certainly get
> rid of any unknowns  and give us a reliable filesystem to work from.
> >>
> >>
> http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowshardware/fastfat-File-System-Driver-1…
> >>
> >> Ged.
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: ros-diffs-bounces(a)reactos.org [mailto:[e-mail]] On
> Behalf Of ekohl(a)svn.reactos.org
> >> Sent: 29 November 2013 14:06
> >> To: ros-diffs(a)reactos.org
> >> Subject: [ros-diffs] [ekohl] 61145: [FASTFAT] FsdGetFsVolumeInformation: Return
> volume creation time.
> >>
> >> Author: ekohl
> >> Date: Fri Nov 29 14:05:43 2013
> >> New Revision: 61145
> >>
> >>
> >>
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