| As specified by the COPYING file, fio is free software published under version |
| 2 of the GPL license. That covers the copying part of the license. By using fio, |
| you are also promising to uphold the following moral obligations: |
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| - If you publish results that are done using fio, it must be clearly stated |
| that fio was used. The specific version should also be listed. |
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| - If you develop features or bug fixes for fio, they should be sent upstream |
| for inclusion into the main repository. This isn't specific to fio, that |
| is a general rule for any open source project. It's just the Right Thing |
| to do. Plus it means that you don't have to maintain the feature or change |
| internally. In the long run, this is saving you a lot of time. |
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| I would consider the above to fall under "common courtesy", but since |
| people tend to have differing opinions of that, it doesn't hurt to spell out |
| my expectations clearly. |
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