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Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> > Would be nice if there was a kernel overlay for this... |
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> The licensing conflict means that would not be possible. You have the |
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> install the kernel source and then merge in the ZFS source yourself, it |
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> can't be done for you and distributed. |
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Why do you believe this? |
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ZFS id doubtlessly an own "work" independent from the rest of the Linux kernel |
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and for this reason, adding ZFS just creates a collective work that is not |
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affected by the GPL. |
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BTW: this was already explained in the GPL book from Till Jaeger et al. |
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published in March 2005. |
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Jörg |
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EMail:joerg@××××××××××××××××××××××××.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin |
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js@××××××××××××.de (uni) |
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joerg.schilling@××××××××××××××××.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ |
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