From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chandan Kumar Singh Subject: Re: EC Jerasure plugin and StreamScale Inc Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 22:39:56 +0530 Message-ID: References: <5717B273.4070107@dachary.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f67.google.com ([74.125.82.67]:33304 "EHLO mail-wm0-f67.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751945AbcDTRJ6 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:09:58 -0400 Received: by mail-wm0-f67.google.com with SMTP id r12so4581340wme.0 for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2016 10:09:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5717B273.4070107@dachary.org> Sender: ceph-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Loic Dachary Cc: ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org True. Patents on Generic methods don't mean much. Since StreamScale was successful in forcing Professor James Plank to disassociate from Jerasure, management of any small enterprise will be reluctant to use it. On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 10:16 PM, Loic Dachary wrote= : > Hi, > > On 20/04/2016 20:14, Chandan Kumar Singh wrote: >> Hi >> >> What does the ceph community think of StreamScale's claims on >> Jerasure? Is it possible to use the EC plugin for commercial purpose= s? >> What is your advice? > > I'd also be interested to know what the community thinks of Symantec = patent on "Dynamic distributed data system and method" https://patents.= google.com/patent/US6631449B1 and how much of a legal risk it is when d= oing business with Ceph. I know from experience that asking this questi= on to the best law firm will get me a very expensive answer that can be= summarized by "maybe ?". > > My 2cts > > -- > Lo=C3=AFc Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html