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I can understand how you disagree with Mathew (and I also would prefer for ZFS to be universally available under Linux), but that's not the point here. The GPL
by pilif 11y ago
I can understand how you disagree with Mathew (and I also would prefer for ZFS to be universally available under Linux), but that's not the point here.
The GPL states in clear terms what's allowed and what isn't.
It doesn't matter whether you believe a specific use case should make it ok to violate the license or not.
It's like laws. Whether you personally believe they are just or not is not a reason why they should or should not apply to you.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> The GPL states in clear terms what's allowed and what isn't. The GPL does not trump copyright law in determining what is a derivative work. > It's like laws. A little bit. But its less like laws than actual laws are, and it depends on the actual laws; it doesn't have the power to redefine them.
- unethical_ban 11y agoIn my heart, I know. As a user, it's just frustrating to see so much awesome technology artificially limited by silly licenses on both sides of this debate.
- ryao 11y agoThe GPL does not placed restrict non-derivative works. If it did, it would not be an OSS license by #9: https://opensource.org/osd-annotated https://opensource.org/osd-annotated