Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:56:41 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Matt Simerson <matt@corp.spry.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS licensing question Message-ID: <3171.1256756201@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:42:51 MST." <168A0140-B91E-4F9E-8088-A69A0E17C56A@spry.com>
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In message <168A0140-B91E-4F9E-8088-A69A0E17C56A@spry.com>, Matt Simerson write s: >> First, the basics. Sun indemnifies all its customers against IP >> claims like this. That is, we've always protected our markets [...] The quality of the protection hinges on conditions: 1. Sun has to exist and stand by its word. 2. Sun must have enough money to do so (see 1.) None of these have 1.0 probability, but what the actual probability is, is anyones guess, and you will have to make up your own mind. Poul-Henning -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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