Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:34:58 +0200 From: Olivier Smedts <olivier@gid0.org> To: Artem Belevich <fbsdlist@src.cx> Cc: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, lhmwzy <lhmwzy@gmail.com>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS will gone,FreeBSD will import btrfs? Message-ID: <AANLkTin784NBo7FCfiWizKc7ekhU15BeD8Z%2BxLAh=jVe@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=u8S3dUwmGTGMeEAC_S1oYbXW=8axrS3N7Mvbd@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTinL6NmuopDaQ9nhWhsCgz3=uEo00%2BYYa_jOOM7N@mail.gmail.com> <20100817050128.GC13790@lonesome.com> <AANLkTik26C7wOaFBt-V8PbDNoaJRCbdPjRxWsvv%2BOFLV@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=u8S3dUwmGTGMeEAC_S1oYbXW=8axrS3N7Mvbd@mail.gmail.com>
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2010/8/17 Artem Belevich <fbsdlist@src.cx>: >> But did they close the sources too ? >> I mean, they have a VCS, can we still access it and download the ZFS source files ? > > If I understand Oracle's announcement correctly, sources would still > be available. The change is that they will stop publishing them > near-real-time and would release them after corresponding features > appear in official Solaris release. > >> Did they also relicense them ? > Quote: > ==================================== > We will not remove the CDDL from any files in Solaris to which it > already applies, and new source code files that are created will > follow the current policy regarding applying the CDDL (simply, that > usr/src files will have the CDDL, and the very small minority of files > in usr/closed might not have it) > ==================================== > > The way I read it ZFS will still be available under CDDL. Great. That would mean : no change for ZFS in FreeBSD. If Oracle implements the long-awaited block pointer rewrite feature, we'll be able to import it :) I hope they will continue working on it, even if they have btrfs... > > --Artem > -- Olivier Smedts _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) e-mail: olivier@gid0.org - against HTML email & vCards X www: http://www.gid0.org - against proprietary attachments / \ "Il y a seulement 10 sortes de gens dans le monde : ceux qui comprennent le binaire, et ceux qui ne le comprennent pas."help
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