ZFS as such will probably never make it (CDDL/GPL incompatibility - unless Oracle will relicense it). But what _could_ make it is a reverse-engineered "GPLed"

ZFS as such will probably never make it (CDDL/GPL incompatibility - unless Oracle will relicense it). But what _could_ make it is a reverse-engineered "GPLed" ZFS (and, being that OpenZFS code is available, it shouldn't be that hard for a largeish team - someone just has to audit the code to make sure nothing slips through). The other big issue is patents (meaning that this "GPLed ZFS" will be subject to patent lawsuits). But: 1. Not all countries have software patents. 2. Most patents should expire within a decade (I think. I didn't do a lot of research, but the earliest lawsuits I found were around 2006?)