> To me, there seems like their is a good chance than ZFS and the Linux Kernel can be distributed as a combined work (But I Am Not A Lawyer!). This is a situat

> To me, there seems like their is a good chance than ZFS and the Linux Kernel can be distributed as a combined work (But I Am Not A Lawyer!). This is a situation the GPL tries to prevent by explicitly using the language "combined work" - however copyright law doesn't typically have a concept of a combined work, only a derived work. It will take a court to settle this.