<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 2:53 AM, Niels de Vos <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ndevos@redhat.com" target="_blank">ndevos@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span>On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 12:21:08PM +1000, Lindsay Mathieson wrote:<br>
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> > This feature (and the patent) is from facebook folks.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> Does that mean its not a problem?<br>
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</span>Facebook contributed the patches for this feature, so I don't think<br>
there is a problem.<br>
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Niels (not a lawyer)<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br>A quick note on this: we're delighted to have Facebook contributing their work to the project overall.<div>The patent is unrelated to the decision to be able to contribute their work, and Halo replication is currently experimental in 3.11. However, more testing and users looking at this is always welcome.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope that helps, happy to clarify off list.</div><div>- amye </div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail-m_-945443425055087762m_-6259728211799037844gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Amye Scavarda | <a href="mailto:amye@redhat.com" target="_blank">amye@redhat.com</a> | Gluster Community Lead</div></div>
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