>Possibly so, but ZFS is all new code. Are you saying that Sun couldn't >license that as BSD had they wanted?
They could, but Sun's patents would get in the way of actually using it. If you get Sun's code under the CDDL it comes with a patent license. >> I realize that (as non-lawyers) we're all very fond of short-and-sweet >> licenses on software, even if they're riddled with legal holes, and >> treat IPR like Mizaru. The standard BSD license is that. > >I'm not sure how the BSD is riddled with holes, it has stood up in court. >AFAIK, no other popular license has gone through that, GPL included. Maybe >I'm wrong. There are many more facets to source code's IP than just the license Casper _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
