On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 at 17:19, Martin Husemann <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 06:17:50PM +0200, Hauke Fath wrote: > > On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 16:46:46 +0200, Marc Baudoin wrote: > > > ZFS has been updated for 9.0_BETA. > > > > On the same topic, is there a perspective for > > > > file-system ZFS # Solaris ZFS > > > > (i.e. a monolithic, non-module kernel)? > > I think this is not possible due to licensing issues.
IANAL, but as far as I understand it, nothing in the CDDL licence precludes the static inclusion of ZFS into the NetBSD kernel. If someone develops a product on the basis of the NetBSD kernel AND this product includes modifications of the CDDL-licensed parts of the kernel THEN he will be obliged to publish the source code of only the files under CDDL (a file-based license) which have been modified. So it introduces an element of obligation above and beyond one expects to have when using a BSD-licensed software, but does not taint the rest of the system in any way. I personally don't see a problem in having GENERIC+ZFS kernel configuration, if this were technically feasible. But, e.g., if a commercial entity decides to produce a SAN appliance based on NetBSD and using ZFS, and if any CDDL-licensed files have been modified, their source code will have to be produced. https://web.archive.org/web/20091006181308/http://opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/licensing_faq/#CDDL-combo > > Martin Chavdar -- ----
