Re: ZFS.
On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 22:11 -0600, Patrick Barnes wrote:
Naoki wrote:
> Seems ZFS is out in the wild under the CDDL ( implications of that
> license I have no idea of though ).
>
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/source/
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> And the linux port is underway? :
>
http://www.sun.com/emrkt/campaign_docs/expertexchange/knowledge/solaris_z...
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> So does anybody know if the CDDL restricts the ability for it reaching
> the main kernel? And anybody else think it would be a really cool
> addition?
>
>
IIRC, the CDDL is not GPL compatible. Unless it is licensed under the
GPL, it will not be placed in the kernel. I believe the CDDL also
prevents it from being added to Fedora Core or Fedora Extras.
Well N-Man, that's unfortunate. I propose a new file system called
"NFS" with the same features :)