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Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> The issue is that the Linux kernel devs consider the license terms for |
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> ZFS to be incompatible with GPL-2.0 and therefore ZFS cannot be |
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> redistributed as a Linux kernel module. |
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Isn't it strange that those people seem to have less problems with closed |
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source than with a license that gives more freedom than the GPL? But |
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you are correct that the problem seem to be humans and not a license text. |
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> There's nothing in the GPL-2 to stop you as a user from building and |
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> running ZFS on Linux, as GPL does not interfere with your right to run |
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> whatever you wish. The GPL only kicks in when code is redistributed. |
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There is nothing non-void in the GPL that stops you from distributing binaries. |
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Jörg |
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EMail:joerg@××××××××××××××××××××××××.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin |
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joerg.schilling@××××××××××××××××.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ |
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