David Hopwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Al Hopper wrote:
> > So back to patent portfolios: yes there will be (public and private)
> > posturing; yes there will be negotiations; and, ultimately, there will
> > be a resolution. All of this won't affect ZFS or anyone running ZFS.
>
> It matters a great deal what the resolution is. The best outcome, for
> everyone wanting to use any COW and/or always-consistent-on-disk filesystem
> (including btrfs and others), would be for the invalidation part of
> NetApp's lawsuit to succeed, and the infringement part to fail.
> A cross-licensing deal or other out-of-court settlement would be much
> less helpful.
Invalidating COW filesystem patents would of course be the best.
Unfortunately those lawsuits are usually not handled in the open and in order
to understand everything you would need to know about the background ionterests
of both parties.
Jörg
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