[linux-lvm] LVM - History

[Luca Berra]

On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 12:40:25AM -0800, k wrote:
>Do you know if IBM licensed, LVM to HP, and also
>released it to the open source for linux developments?
i don't believe IBM ever released their lvm as open-source.

>Did Linux (Sistina) LVM derived from the IBM's LVM? Is
>HP's LVM also drived from IBM's LVM? 

Sistina LVM is based on HP-UX LVM, in the sense that it was designed to
have a similar command syntax and data structure. but the code does not
have any connection to any other LVM.

regards,
L.

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