Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:01:56 -0700 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> Cc: Philipp Wuensche <cryx-freebsd@h3q.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virally licensed code in FreeBSD kernel Message-ID: <4620FAF4.2020508@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200704141551.JAA07865@lariat.net> References: <200704140121.TAA29887@lariat.net> <4620D1DD.5050902@h3q.com> <200704141551.JAA07865@lariat.net>
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Brett Glass wrote: > There is a huge problem in that the CDDL is "viral." It "infects" > products with which it is combined. This is why zfs isn't part of GENERIC. We've distributed tainted kernel modules for a long time, and there's nothing wrong with that -- GPL/CDDL taint doesn't cross dynamic linking. Colin Percival
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