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> combine GPL'd software with some other software and distribute the resulting combination I believe the key here is the distribution of the resulting combinat
by bluejekyll 11y ago
> combine GPL'd software with some other software and distribute the resulting combination
I believe the key here is the distribution of the resulting combination. Were you to apply these patches after the distribution of Ubuntu, then would this still apply? Asked another way, if Ubuntu sets up a separate package channel that installs ZFS through a downstream patch via apt, would it be in violation of the license?
- Dylan16807 11y agoThe GPL as a general case allows you to distribute separate works on the same media. Packaging shouldn't matter much, as far as I understand it either both ways of distributing zfs.ko are legal or both are illegal.