Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 20:04:10 +0300 From: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> To: Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> Cc: freebsd-fs <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: A question about ZFS built-in SMB Message-ID: <CA%2B7WWSc%2BgzMDysc345Qpnd6HtsUKcwrndsAjiXEri%2BABssPGDg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <559AB32A.7070702@sneakertech.com> References: <5599496C.6010702@sneakertech.com> <20150705210306.GA1048@in-addr.com> <559A08AF.9050809@sneakertech.com> <CAOjFWZ4ktnPGeqKgv-SLtpfEajnYnOQ7rHZr6JYD6jYw6r835A@mail.gmail.com> <559A14DB.3080905@sneakertech.com> <559A87FE.70309@kateley.com> <559AB32A.7070702@sneakertech.com>
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On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 7:56 PM, Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> wrote: >> All open-zfs come from basically the same source. The communities that >> use can make decisions on how it operates on their platform. > > > Oh ok. I was under the impression that Linux ZFS was basically a hack/port > of the FreeBSD version due to licensing issues, and the FreeBSD version was > itself a port of the illumos version. > > > > http://zfsonlinux.org/faq.html#WhatAboutTheLicensingIssue There is no real licensing issue since ZFS can be compiled into a loadable kernel module(s) on Linux (just as it is used in FreeBSD anyway) and that avoids the clash between the two mutually incompatible licenses. -Kimmo
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