Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Interesting news related to ZFS:
> >>
> >> http://open-zfs.org/wiki/Main_Page
> >
> > I wonder if this will be added to the kernel at some point in the
> > future? May even be their intention?
>
> I think the CDDL license is what's keeping ZFS out of the kernel,
> although some argue that it should be integrated anyway. OpenZFS
> retains the same license.
As long as there are people that claim ZFS was derived from the Linux kernel
(i.e. is a derived work from GPL code and thus needs to be put under GPL),
there seems to be a problem.
I am not sure whether it is possible to educate these people...
Jörg
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