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4ad is just nit-picking. The labs still only distribute Plan 9 under its own license. Now Plan 9 is available also underthe GPL, but the labs doesn't distribut

4ad is just nit-picking. The labs still only distribute Plan 9 under its own license. Now Plan 9 is available also underthe GPL, but the labs doesn't distribute that version. it's only relevant if they continue to work on it and don't continue to share their changes under the GPL. At worst, there will be a fork under GPL and they will slowly diverge.

4ad 13y ago
My understanding is that the Berkley guys develop akaros and have no interest in maintaining a Plan 9 fork (they just want to integrate some Plan 9 code). Of course, other parties are free to fork the GPL version (not that this will ever happen).
- lotsofmangos 13y ago
  (not that this will ever happen) Now I'm tempted to do it just to prove a point. edit, just looked it up on github - https://github.com/niktischenko/plan9 https://github.com/niktischenko/plan9 https://github.com/newemu/plan9 https://github.com/newemu/plan9 https://github.com/jamiepg1/plan9 https://github.com/jamiepg1/plan9 oh, and mine now - https://github.com/lotsofmangos/graveRobbers2 https://github.com/lotsofmangos/graveRobbers2 Thanks by the way, I'm going to have to play with it now :)
  - 4ad 13y ago
    Sure, have fun. We'll speak again in one year to see your (and other forks) progress.
    - lotsofmangos 13y ago
      Cool, I'll meet you by the third tree in the old field by the path. Bring biscuits and wear a green hat.
      - marshray 13y ago
        Should a body meet a body Coming through the rye, Should a body kiss a body, Need a body cry? O Jenny is all wet, poor body, Jenny is seldom dry: She draggled all her petticoats, Coming through the rye!
    - mattl 13y ago
      Look forward to it. If you meet me online by Grubb's tavern, I will show you where the treasure is hidden.
- _delirium 13y ago
  Now that there's a GPL version, it does mean other developers of Linux derivatives, or of Linux itself, could mine bits and pieces of the code, though, just like Akaros is doing. I agree a long-running GPL-licensed Plan9 fork isn't that likely, but now that there's even a one-time dump of the code under the GPL, it removes the legal barrier to kernel devs cherrypicking pieces of the Plan9 code and integrating them into patches. For example, the developers of Linux's v9fs implementation can now borrow code from Plan9's 9p implementation, if they choose.
  - 4ad 13y ago
    That's true, although I doubt that will happen as well. Time will tell. FWIW, Ron Minnich wrote the Linux v9fs. He was very involved with Plan 9, for example the Blue Gene port. He know ports Plan 9 bits into Akaros.
- klueska 13y ago
  Your understanding is correct

4ad 13y ago

My understanding is that the Berkley guys develop akaros and have no interest in maintaining a Plan 9 fork (they just want to integrate some Plan 9 code). Of course, other parties are free to fork the GPL version (not that this will ever happen).

lotsofmangos 13y ago
(not that this will ever happen) Now I'm tempted to do it just to prove a point. edit, just looked it up on github - https://github.com/niktischenko/plan9 https://github.com/niktischenko/plan9 https://github.com/newemu/plan9 https://github.com/newemu/plan9 https://github.com/jamiepg1/plan9 https://github.com/jamiepg1/plan9 oh, and mine now - https://github.com/lotsofmangos/graveRobbers2 https://github.com/lotsofmangos/graveRobbers2 Thanks by the way, I'm going to have to play with it now :)
- 4ad 13y ago
  Sure, have fun. We'll speak again in one year to see your (and other forks) progress.
  - lotsofmangos 13y ago
    Cool, I'll meet you by the third tree in the old field by the path. Bring biscuits and wear a green hat.
    - marshray 13y ago
      Should a body meet a body Coming through the rye, Should a body kiss a body, Need a body cry? O Jenny is all wet, poor body, Jenny is seldom dry: She draggled all her petticoats, Coming through the rye!
  - mattl 13y ago
    Look forward to it. If you meet me online by Grubb's tavern, I will show you where the treasure is hidden.
_delirium 13y ago
Now that there's a GPL version, it does mean other developers of Linux derivatives, or of Linux itself, could mine bits and pieces of the code, though, just like Akaros is doing. I agree a long-running GPL-licensed Plan9 fork isn't that likely, but now that there's even a one-time dump of the code under the GPL, it removes the legal barrier to kernel devs cherrypicking pieces of the Plan9 code and integrating them into patches. For example, the developers of Linux's v9fs implementation can now borrow code from Plan9's 9p implementation, if they choose.
- 4ad 13y ago
  That's true, although I doubt that will happen as well. Time will tell. FWIW, Ron Minnich wrote the Linux v9fs. He was very involved with Plan 9, for example the Blue Gene port. He know ports Plan 9 bits into Akaros.
klueska 13y ago
Your understanding is correct