From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 15 20:06:06 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB74E16A417 for ; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:06:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx22.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 39FD013C45E for ; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:06:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 4779 invoked by uid 399); 15 Sep 2007 20:06:05 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO slave.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTP; 15 Sep 2007 20:06:05 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:06:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Justin Smith In-Reply-To: <965aa1910709060001k3e0fc1b9sf15867302496b388@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <965aa1910709060001k3e0fc1b9sf15867302496b388@mail.gmail.com> X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! X-OpenPGP-Key-ID: 0xD5B2F0FB Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lawsuit over ZFS - any impact for FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:06:06 -0000 On Thu, 6 Sep 2007, Justin Smith wrote: > FYI: > > Network Appliance suing Sun over ZFS > > http://blogs.netapp.com/dave/2007/09/netapp-sues-sun.html Please note, I am not a lawyer, and if your business depends on ZFS you should contact a competent attorney if you have legal concerns. Both sides are suing each other, and the _likely_ outcome will be that they come to some sort of agreement, which will probably involve licensing, and some money changing hands. The URL below has a pretty good analysis of both the current, and the ongoing legal issues around ZFS and WAFL. hth, Doug http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2179693,00.asp -- This .signature sanitized for your protection