On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Ignatich wrote: > Does Sun have plans to dual license ZFS as GPL so it can be ported to native > Linux?
I don't work for Sun so I can't speak for them. The last I heard was that Sun was looking at GPLv3, and considering its use for one or more projects, either dual licensed with the CDDL, or on its own. My own personal opinion is that dual licensing should be avoided because it makes things needlessly complicated, and there is also the real danger of license-based forks being introduced. > If not, is it legal to write ZFS clone from scratch while > maintaining binary compatibility with original? The short answer is: seek professional legal council. The longer answer, bearing in mind that IANAL, is that yes, a clean room implementation would be legal. -- Rich Teer, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA, OGB member CEO, My Online Home Inventory Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 URLs: http://www.rite-group.com/rich http://www.myonlinehomeinventory.com _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
