Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:38:55 -0400 From: "Constantine A. Murenin" <mureninc@gmail.com> To: "Doug Barton" <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Justin Smith <odnomzagi@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Lawsuit over ZFS - any impact for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <f34ca13c0709151438y73997a06i82d5359269d68119@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0709151258280.91035@qbhto.arg> References: <965aa1910709060001k3e0fc1b9sf15867302496b388@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0709151258280.91035@qbhto.arg>
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On 15/09/2007, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > 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. Yes, cross-licensing is what this is likely all about. Richard Stallman's "The Dangers of Software Patents" speech comes to mind: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6390784544771380326&q=cuug C.
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