From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 7 17:47:29 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C56471065675 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 17:47:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 870ED8FC14 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 17:47:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-101-204.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.101.204] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PF9Bw-0007Y8-7L for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 07 Nov 2010 09:38:09 -0800 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 07 Nov 2010 09:47:24 -0800 Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 09:47:24 -0800 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20101107174724.GC77433@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4CD45A11.7060002@stillbilde.net> <20101105213433.GC8648@guilt.hydra> <20101106203634.GD13095@guilt.hydra> <20101106225708.GD67566@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <86lj55g73s.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tqI+Z3u+9OQ7kwn0" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86lj55g73s.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-PGP-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD6DBAF91 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: ZFS License and Future X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:47:29 -0000 --tqI+Z3u+9OQ7kwn0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Randal L. Schwartz on Saturday, 06 November 2010: > >>>>> "Chip" =3D=3D Chip Camden writes: >=20 > Chip> The one in that list that worries me the most is VirtualBox -- that= 's a > Chip> truly useful solution that isn't easily replaced. But I read somew= here > Chip> that there was a movement gaining steam to break off from Oracle. >=20 > When I interviewed the VirtualBox guys for FLOSS Weekly > (http://twit.tv/floss130), they seemed pretty confident that Oracle was > going to keep fairly "hands off", in a way that was starkly contrasted > with some of the other former-Sun project leaders I've spoken to. > (Ugh, too early to fix the tortured english... I hope you get the point.) >=20 I hope it's more than wishful thinking on their part. I would trust Oracle to keep "hands off" for precisely as long as they do not perceive any reason to put "hands on". --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --tqI+Z3u+9OQ7kwn0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJM1uYsAAoJEIpckszW26+R9MYIAJhSyikKiOU8qSR50LSQ5wVo /oSfstjKBF4TpglE0Aa8GkCvCO+/k2bI8Jk17oRDj3YPKpFK+ZSMrBNAn2XiImsw l9VhlGcX/Piij2mTHsDwRLnSB4JWuiuCkHr7H1dSysjSTZds8JClNl99GTn51Ueu 4ZRZzuEXtLUnZb8x3pbrlE+4MjQdHX2o/UCpKFD3JWq1FVpeK+digOzo/55miiWg EmV6KW9aghHthX5w5AeKB8AyRyPQ56oy9WgwB60wWNbj9dIaMDQrY5nrNXiwmqfa q1HP/LHh20fJgo+1fUIMeBLWAbWd/TtO4E91Fl1cGwJpd+w6WZwGU83svxqOSlA= =UnJ3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tqI+Z3u+9OQ7kwn0--