Re: [Bacula-devel] Encouraging Further Development - Some Ideas

[Dan L. <da...@la...>]

On 24 Mar 2005 at 13:04, Joshua Kugler wrote:

> On Thursday 24 March 2005 12:46, Karl Cunningham wrote:
> > I'm no lawyer, but putting the FD source into a closed-source dll sounds
> > like a violation of the open-source license.  You may have to write a FD
> > spec, then generate independent FD code to make the DLL.  I don't know if a
> > cleanroom approach is warranted, but if Rick hasn't looked at the FD code
> > he may be just the right person for the job ;-)
> 
> It would simply be a DLL that uses the VSS API that Bacula can then
> call.  There would be no FD code in the DLL, just code that can pass
> files back up the FD when invoked. 

In other words, we're adding code to the FD so that it can invoke 
code in an a third party code.  The term DLL is used here, which 
tends to indicate Windows.  I know Rick is interested mainly in that 
platform, but I'd expect the same extensions to be added to the unix 
FD as well.
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