From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 14 13:33:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29E2B16A402 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:33:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cryx-freebsd@h3q.com) Received: from mail.h3q.com (mail.h3q.com [217.13.206.148]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 721D013C48A for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:33:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cryx-freebsd@h3q.com) Received: (qmail 27474 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2007 13:06:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO goa.local) (smtpsend@85.179.4.206) by mail.h3q.com with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 14 Apr 2007 13:06:38 -0000 Message-ID: <4620D1DD.5050902@h3q.com> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:06:37 +0200 From: Philipp Wuensche User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Macintosh/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brett Glass References: <200704140121.TAA29887@lariat.net> In-Reply-To: <200704140121.TAA29887@lariat.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virally licensed code in FreeBSD kernel 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: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:33:21 -0000 Brett Glass wrote: > I just read with some concern the announcement that Sun's ZFS has been > integrated into the FreeBSD kernel. This would mean, unfortunately, that > FreeBSD is now covered by the CDDL, which is a viral license similar to > the GPL. Has FreeBSD abandoned its longstanding practice of keeping the > kernel truly free? Maybe this blog entry brings some light: http://blogs.sun.com/chandan/entry/copyrights_licenses_and_cddl_illustrated I don't see a problem. If you use CDDL licensed stuff like ZFS, you need to provide the source, thats it. greetigns, philipp