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Jens Axboe477eb7e2012-10-23 20:58:35 +02001As specified by the COPYING file, fio is free software published under version
22 of the GPL license. That covers the copying part of the license. By using fio,
3you are also promising to uphold the following moral obligations:
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5- If you publish results that are done using fio, it must be clearly stated
6 that fio was used. The specific version should also be listed.
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8- If you develop features or bug fixes for fio, they should be sent upstream
9 for inclusion into the main repository. This isn't specific to fio, that
10 is a general rule for any open source project. It's just the Right Thing
11 to do. Plus it means that you don't have to maintain the feature or change
12 internally. In the long run, this is saving you a lot of time.
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14I would consider the above to fall under "common courtesy", but since
15people tend to have differing opinions of that, it doesn't hurt to spell out
16my expectations clearly.
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