"David R. Litwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you refer to the licensing, yes. Coding-wise, I have no idea exept
> to say that I would be VERY surprised if ZFS can not be ported to
> Linux, especially since there already
> exists the FUSE project.
So if you are interested in this project, I would encourage you to just start
with the code...
> > ZFS is not part of the Linux Kernel. Only if you declare ZFS a "part of
> > Linux", you will observe the license conflict.
>
>
> And, as brought up elsewhere, ZFS would have to be a part of the
> Kernel -- or else some persons would have to employ Herculean
> attention to make sure ZFS was upgraded with the kernel. if some one
> were
> willing to do this, a swift resolution MAY ba possible.
The fact that someone may put the ZFS sources in the Linux source tree
does not make it a part of that software....
And it seems that you missunderstand the way the Linux kernel is developed.
If _you_ started a ZFS project for Linux, _you_ would need to maintain it too
or otherwise it would not be kept up to date. Note that it is a well known
fact that a lot of the non-mainstream parts of the linux kernel sources
do not work although they _are_ part of the linux kernel source tree.
Creating a port does not mean that you may forget about it once you believe that
you are ready.
> The GPL is talking about "works" and there is no problem to use GPL code
> > together with code under other licenses as long as this is mere
> > aggregation
> > (like creating a driver for Linux) instead of creating a "derived work".
> >
> > It seems that there are other reasons for the Linux kernel folks for not
> > liking ZFS.
>
>
> Indeed? What are these reasons? I want to have every thing in the open.
This is something you would need to ask the Linux kernel folks....
Jörg
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