From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 21 06:56:57 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DCB816A417 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:56:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from darrenr@freebsd.org) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E8EF13C46E for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:56:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from darrenr@freebsd.org) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D7CD2F2DF; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:41:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:41:22 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: s58aGrQ53v42S4/E0a8+QCTOC+YFdibQkcTNp8knD5yc 1190356882 Received: from [192.168.1.235] (64-142-85-108.dsl.dynamic.sonic.net [64.142.85.108]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 153CA20A97; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:41:21 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <46F367E0.4000300@freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:42:40 -0700 From: Darren Reed User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Birrell References: <6385B28C-01D1-459A-9543-E36C89C7F36E@xview.net> <20070920203413.GA13737@what-creek.com> In-Reply-To: <20070920203413.GA13737@what-creek.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Olivier Warin , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dtrace port status X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:56:57 -0000 John Birrell wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 11:34:19PM +0200, Olivier Warin wrote: > > I recently wanted to give dtrace on FreeBSD a try but found this > > project to be stopped due to a licensing issue. > > Will we see dtrace in the base just like zfs anytime (hopefully) soon ? > > I'm am currently trying to find a way around the licensing issues. > Sun is no help at all. The patent clauses in their CDDL are a big deal. > They claim that they don't want to sue anyone over patents, but > when push comes to shove they actually will. Refer to the Netapp > lawsuits. > > ... > DTrace consists mainly of kernel modules, however in order for DTrace > to inspect the kernel internals it has to have some code inside > existing BSD licensed files. > This should not be a problem. Code added to BSD licensed files should be BSD licensed. Darren